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Nearly 900 people were arrested at a protest yesterday on Parliament Square in support of banned group Palestine Action.
Around 1,500 people took part in a Lift the Ban on Palestine Action protest outside Parliament on Saturday and the Met Police confirmed it made 890 arrests. The force condemned the “intolerable” abuse it claims its officers suffered but organisers, campaign group Defend Our Juries (DOJ), insisted the rally was “the picture of peaceful protest”. Demonstrators were protesting the banning of Palestine Action as a terror group by the UK government.
Some 857 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act for showing support for a proscribed group, while 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for assaults on police officers, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force said that those arrested were processed at a prisoner reception point in the Westminster area and those whose details could be confirmed were released on bail to appear at a police station at a future date.
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