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

Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Aerial view shows the large banner reading 'YES IT'S A GENOCIDE' laid out in Parliament Square
The banner was unflurled in Parliament Square in London in December 2024. Photograph: Haroon Siddique/Jiri Rezac/Led by Donkeys

The campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament Square saying “Yes It’s A Genocide” was seized by Greater London Authority officials and destroyed.

Representatives of the GLA arrived on the scene in central London and confiscated the 40-metre by 40-metre banner after it was unfurled on 4 December 2024, just over a year after Israel began its assault on Gaza after the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas.

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