No one was detained under the Terrorism Act at the Defend Our Juries events in Belfast and Londonderry on Saturday where activists displayed placards stating support for the banned pro-Palestine group.

Around the same time, dozens of activists displaying the same phrase – “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” – were arrested at another Defend Our Juries demonstration in Tavistock Square Gardens in central London.

The Metropolitan Police later said at least 90 people had been detained there.

In Belfast, a crowd of about 60-80 activists and supporters gathered on a pedestrianised area close to the city’s main court buildings on Chichester Street at 1pm, with between 15-20 holding placards carrying the statement: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”

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