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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag

Laura Murton
Officers told Laura Murton she was expressing a belief supportive of Palestine Action despite her telling them she did not support any proscribed organisations. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.

Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month.

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