Week of protests over Palestine Action ban will begin at Labour conference
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZZXH)
Group opposing the proscription announces major escalation' that will culminate in London on 4 October
A week of mass actions protesting against the ban on Palestine Action has been announced, beginning at the Labour party conference in Liverpool and culminating in a national mobilisation in Parliament Square in London on 4 October.
The plans were announced by Defend Our Juries on Friday, a week after 857 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act at a demonstration outside parliament opposing the proscription. It said the next phase of the protests represented a major escalation" that would create an unprecedented challenge" for the police, with 1,100 people already registered to take part and risk arrest.
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