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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

‘I oppose genocide’: Meet the pensioners risking lengthy prison terms to support Palestine Action

In an interrogation room at just after 1am, 68-year-old grandmother-of-seven Marji Mansfield was sitting across from counterterrorism officers after being arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in central London.

She had suffered days of poor sleep in anticipation of this eventuality. Now, an “aggressive” man was asking her repeatedly if she sympathised with a terrorist organisation, leading her through an extensive list of questions about her politics and who she knew in Gaza.

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