England and Wales arrest dozens of Palestine Action supporters
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Police in England and Wales arrested more than 140 people on Tuesday, the first day of coordinated protests against the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK</a> government’s proscription of the direct action group Palestine Action.</p>
<p>No arrests were made at parallel events in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p>
<p>In each location, protesters staged sit-downs, holding signs that read, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine.”</p>
<p>The group, Defend Our Juries (DOJ), which organised the protests, said an estimated 142 people were arrested on Tuesday, with more actions scheduled to take place this week ahead of the planned judicial review into the ban on Palestine Action on 24 November.</p>
<p>In Scotland, meanwhile, police made no arrests at a protest involving 49 people standing outside the government's Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. The Scottish Police Force declined to make arrests at four similar actions this year.</p>
<p>In May, Scotland's Counter-Terrorism Board said that Palestine Action "has not been close to meeting the statutory definition of terrorism". A legal challenge to the proscription is ongoing in the Scottish Courts.</p>
<p>While in Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) did not arrest participants at a similar sign-holding protest in the city of Derry. A planned protest in Belfast on 22 November will be the first held in the city.</p>
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