Bristol city centre mass protest sees 31 arrested

More than 30 people were arrested by police in Bristol today as part of a co-ordinated nationwide campaign calling for the ban on protest group Palestine Action to be dropped by the Government. A total of 29 people were arrested for holding up signs expressing support for the proscribed group, while two more were detained for separate offences.

The protest and the arrests used a huge amount of police resources - a total of 16 police vans were on standby around the protest site in the city centre throughout the afternoon - and a large number of officers were required to make the arrests.

The protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, began at 1pm. Protesters, most of whom were in their 60s and 70s, lined up along the ornamental water featu

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