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Monday briefing: Who are the people trying to protect our right to protest?

In today’s newsletter: One year on from the proscription of Palestine Action, an elderly retired priest steadied herself on the conviction that protest had become a moral duty, while she waited for the police to move in

The Guardian - UK

Retired priest, 84, arrested at Palestine Action protest outside Scotland Yard

Protesters including Reverend Sue Parfitt were arrested by police after expressing their support for Palestine Action

Evening Standard

Retired priest, 84, arrested by police at Palestine Action protest

Reverend Parfitt, who was wearing a clerical collar and a crucifix medallion, was arrested by police officers

The Independent UK

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Police 'expect criminal offences' at Trafalgar Square protest over Palestine Action ban

The Met announced last month officers would resume arresting Palestine Action supporters amid a High Court battle over the ban

Evening Standard

Dozens of Palestine Action supporters arrested after fresh wave of protests

Palestine Action was banned in a highly controversial move by the UK government in July

The Independent UK

Police arrest 25 people for supporting Palestine Action at protest in Birmingham

The arrests were made at a demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries at Chamberlain Square in the city centre.

Evening Standard

Police arrest 25 over ‘support for Palestine Action’ at Birmingham protest

The arrests were made at a demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries at Chamberlain Square in the city centre.

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Starmer and Trump discussed Palestine Action twice on calls before group’s terror ban, court hears

Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori is fighting the group’s terror ban at the High Court, arguing it will have a ‘dramatic, severe, widespread and potentially lifelong’ effect

The Independent UK

Palestine Action protests in NI conclude without police intervention

The PSNI stance in Belfast and Londonderry on Saturday contrasted with the Met Police in London where arrests were made at a similar protest.

Evening Standard

Daughter of Holocaust survivor among those arrested at Palestine Action protest

Carolyn Gelenter was one of around 100 protesters who gathered in Tavistock Square Gardens, central London, on Saturday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Daughter of Holocaust survivor among those arrested for holding Palestine Action signs

Police officers methodically arrested protesters who were sitting in silence and holding signs

The Independent UK

Police say 47 arrested after latest demo in support of banned Palestine Action

Defend Our Juries said demonstrators sat outside the Ministry of Justice building in Westminster on Thursday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Defend Our Juries protest today: Everything you need to know

The next event will take place in London today

Evening Standard

Activists arrested as protests against Palestine Action ban are held across UK

Defend Our Juries is holding demonstrations in 18 towns and cities between November 18 and 29 in support of lifting the ban on Palestine Action.

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The Independent UK

UK-wide protests against Palestine Action ban planned

Palestine Action was banned after alleged attacks on an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site and two planes at RAF Brize Norton

Evening Standard

Protests against Palestine Action ban planned in 18 UK towns and cities

More than 2,000 people have already been arrested for alleged support of the group, which is banned under terrorism laws.

The Independent UK

Human rights watchdog says UK ‘risks over-policing’ Palestine Action protests in warning to home secretary

Shabana Mahmood has been urged to ensure counter-terrorism laws do not ‘unnecessarily restrict freedom of peaceful assembly’ by the Council of Europe

Evening Standard

Campaigners welcome Scottish legal challenge to ‘draconian’ Palestine Action ban

Campaign group Defend our Juries said it planned to escalate the “mass defiance of the ban” on Palestine Action next month.

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The Guardian - UK

Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Craig Murray argues proscription order contravenes rights to freedom of speech under European convention of human rights

The Independent UK

Protesters backing Palestine Action vow ‘major escalation’ in campaign amid crackdown

Defend Our Juries brand home secretary’s plan to give police greater powers to restrict protests an ‘extraordinary new affront to democracy’

The Independent UK

Defend Our Juries vows to escalate campaigning as police protest powers enhanced

The group promised civil disobedience across the country after the Home Secretary announced greater police powers to restrict protests.

The Independent UK

October 7 rally taking place hours after 500 arrested for Palestine Action protest

The Board of Deputies of British Jews is holding the commemorative event

Evening Standard

Jewish body holding rally after 488 arrested over Palestine Action support

The Board of Deputies of British Jews is holding the commemorative event ahead of Tuesday’s anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel.

The Independent UK

‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 492 at Palestine Action protest

Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not the job of police’

The National (Scotland)

Six arrested after Palestine Action banner draped on Westminster Bridge

THE Metropolitan Police has arrested six people over a banner draped on Westminster Bridge in support of banned group Palestine Action

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