London : Two blind men were among hundreds of protesters arrested in Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday, October 4, during a peaceful demonstration opposing genocide and defying the government’s ban on supporting the activist group Palestine Action.

The protest, organised by the campaign group Defend Our Juries , drew over a thousand participants who sat silently, many holding placards reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

Police detained participants under the UK’s Terrorism Act, which makes public support for the banned organisation a criminal offence.

Among those arrested was Mike Higgins, 62-year-old, a blind and wheelchair-bound campaigner who has previously been detained twice for similar acts of protest.

Speaking before his arrest, Higgins said he did

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