The most scary aspect of this surprising and shocking development, is how the UK appears to be following in the fearful footsteps of America.
One persons direct action is another persons terrorist.
London Met Police did a mass arrest of protesters (including one over 80) at the Gandhi statue in Parliament square. The protest called by WE DO NOT COMPLY was against the proscription of Palestine Action, people holding placard that contained the words ‘I OPPOSE GENOCIDE, I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION’. Why arrested? Because 12 hours previously Palestinian Action was declared illegal under the terrorism act.
UN experts today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.“According to international standards, acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as terrorism.”
The home secretary is rushing through the implementation of the proscriptiongovernment is demonstrating its zero tolerance approach to terrorism, regardless of its form or underlying ideology.government is demonstrating its zero tolerance approach to terrorism, regardless of its form or underlying ideology. Palestine Action will become the first direct action protest group to be banned under the Terrorism Act, placing it in the same category as Islamic State, al-Qaida and the far-right group National Action.
The police arrested everyone who appeared to be part of the protest, some of whom where not holding placards or were holding placards with different (and legal) messaging. My photos appear to show a total of 18 ‘illegal’ placards which was coincidentally the number of Police vans that I counted. The officers themselves were too numerous to count. They clearly were not taking any chances with this unruly mob…
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