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Police condemn ‘intolerable abuse against officers’ at Palestine Action protest

Organisers insisted the Parliament Square rally in central London was ‘the picture of peaceful protest’.

Evening Standard

At least 425 arrests as police drag away Palestine Action protesters in Parliament Square

The Met Police said it faced an ‘exceptional level of abuse’ including punches, kicks, spitting and objects being thrown

Evening Standard

Voices: Why I am marching for freedom of speech

COMMENT: Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the government, the group is being punished for exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza and the UK’s role enabling it – we cannot let our opposition be silenced, says human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger

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‘At 80, to be treated like a terrorist is shocking’: arrested on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action

Retired priest and former magistrate among those held after Palestine Action was banned as a terror organisation

The Guardian - UK

This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why

In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Jonathon Shafi: What they call chaos is a new left demanding justice

THE mere thought of a “new party of the left” sent many into a kind of meltdown

The National (Scotland)

Law has 'no age limit' says Met chief after 83-year-old arrested at Palestine Action protest

Sir Mark Rowley said the law would be enforced ‘whether you’re 18 or 80’ after Sue Parfitt was held at a protest in support of Palestine Action

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More than 20 arrests at protest in support of banned Palestine Action

The designation as a terror group means that membership of, or support for, Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by jail.

Evening Standard

29 people arrested at protest in support of banned Palestine Action

The designation as a terror group means that membership of, or support for, Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by jail.

The Independent UK

The most controversial Just Stop Oil actions as climate group ceases protests

The group is know for tactics such as targeting major infrastructure, sporting events, West End productions and heritage sites.

Evening Standard

Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests

The Rev Sue Parfitt has lost right to conduct religious ceremonies after her arrest at a Just Stop Oil demonstration

The Guardian - UK

Two women in 80s charged after Magna Carta display case attacked

Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judith Bruce, 85, were arrested on Friday at the British Library.

Evening Standard

Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case

Group says two women in their 80s took hammer and chisel to protective glass at British Library

The Guardian - UK

St Paul's Cathedral service targeted by octogenarian Just Stop Oil activists

Two protesters, one holding a walking stick, disrupted a thanksgiving service at the church

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Bristol Post

Insulate Britain activists cleared in court after M4 protest

A retired member of the clergy at Cotham Parish Church and a Bristol University lecturer were among the defendants

Nottingham Post

Released cop killer David Parfitt spared jail over 'tirade of abuse' at police

Officers were called to a disturbance

Bristol Post

Bristol vicar Sue Parfitt has Extinction Rebellion MOD protest conviction quashed

"I don't want to disrupt their day however its trying to get across to everybody the gravity of the situation we're facing"

The Independent UK

Vicar has Extinction Rebellion protest conviction quashed

Rev Sue Parfitt, 80, sat in a camping chair outside an entrance to the complex at Abbey Wood, in Filton, near Bristol in December 2020.

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