The total number of people arrested at yesterday's pro-Palestine protests has been confirmed as 532 - including over 100 pensioners. This is up from a previous number given out by the Met that said 474 people were arrested. The majority of these were people showing support for Palestine Action, the action network deemed a terrorist organisation by the Government last month.

A number of people gathered inside Westminster's Parliament Square from 1pm, some holding signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action". Several demonstrators, many without signs, gathered around the Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela statues in the square to sing pro-Palestinian chants.

Organiser Defend Our Juries said between 600 and 700 people were participating in the protest, with 522 later d

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