An 84-year-old retired Anglican priest was among 14 people arrested in central London on Sunday afternoon during a protest marking the first anniversary of the ban on Palestine Action.
Reverend Sue Parfitt, a former nun from Henbury in Bristol, was detained outside the Metropolitan Police headquarters at Scotland Yard. She was reportedly expressing her support for the proscribed organisation, standing on a soapbox that bore the stark message "I oppose genocide". Other demonstrators at the scene held a banner proclaiming "saving lives is not terrorism" as they gathered.
