Palestine protest organisers found guilty of breaching police restrictions

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Palestine protest organisers found guilty of breaching police restrictions

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Europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 days ago

Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal found guilty of breaking protest restrictions imposed by the London Metropolitan Police

Two prominent organisers of demonstrations in support of Palestine in the UK have been found guilty of breaking police restrictions following their arrest during a protest against the war in Gaza in central London in January.

Chris Nineham, 62, the Stop the War Coalition’s vice-chair, and Ben Jamal, 61, chair of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, were found guilty at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday of two counts of breaking the Public Order Act.

The activists were arrested during a pro-Palestine rally after police had imposed late restrictions limiting the event to a static protest after previously approving the route of a planned march to the BBC proposed by organisers months in advance.

Footage taken by Middle East Eye showed police officers in riot gear surrounding Nineham and bundling him into the back of a police van after a small group of protesters left Whitehall to lay flowers in Trafalgar Square to mark the deaths of Palestinian children.

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