- Police arrested multiple demonstrators outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Sunday for holding signs supporting Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation.
- More than 250 protesters gathered outside the venue, with officers arresting individuals under the Terrorism Act after they refused to lower banners supporting the banned group.
- Defend Our Juries, the campaign group organising the protest, urged the government to end the proscription of Palestine Action and stop prosecuting individuals taking a stand against “war crimes” in Gaza.
- Human rights organisation Amnesty International UK strongly condemned the police action, describing the arrests of peaceful demonstrators holding placards as a shameful attack on freedom of speech.
- Demonstrators applauded those being led away by officers while chanting support for Palestine, as rights groups called on the Prime Minister to reform protest laws and protect the right to demonstrate.
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