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Amsterdam police arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators for defying protest ban

Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police while taking part in a banned protest in Amsterdam, the Netherlands [Anthony Deutsch/Reuters]

Dutch police have arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam after they defied a demonstration ban put in place in the wake of clashes between Israeli football fans and people in the city.

Early on Sunday, the Amsterdam District Court upheld a decision by the mayor to ban protests in the Dutch capital, three days after it was rocked by violence between Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans and residents in several areas.

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