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

Police accused of stifling protest after Manchester arrest over Palestine chant

Masa Khawaja, 26, demonstrating in Manchester on 3 February.
Masa Khawaja, 26, demonstrating in Manchester on 3 February. Photograph: @itap.diaries

Police have been accused of suppressing legitimate protest after a woman was arrested for chanting “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and given bail conditions banning her from Manchester city centre or from being in a group of more than three people.

Masa Khawaja, 26, from Lancashire, was arrested for the chant outside the offices of BNY Mellon in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, during a demonstration against the bank’s investment of more than £10m in the Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

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