Overview

• Merseyside Police said 66 people were detained near the Liverpool conference venue, with two de-arrested and 64 held on suspicion of displaying support for a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act.
• Those arrested were aged between 21 and 83 and have been released on bail following the Sunday demonstration.
• About 100 people took part in the silent action organised by Defend Our Juries, holding signs that read, “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
• The arrests add to a nationwide wave since the July proscription, bringing the total to nearly 1,700 detained for alleged support of Palestine Action, with about 138 charged.
• Amnesty International criticised the policing as disproportionate, and Palestine Action’s legal challenge to the ban remains pending after government opposition to its appeal bid.