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

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Laura Murton
Murton has said she will donate any compensation to pro-Palestinian causes. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

A protester who was threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestine flag and signs saying “free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide” has received an apology from police, including for “unlawful false imprisonment”.

Kent police have also agreed to pay damages and legal costs to Laura Murton, 43, in connection with the 14 July incident in Canterbury in which armed officers told her her demonstration expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which had been banned earlier that month.

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