29 h. ago Met’s Counter Terror police arrest activists linked to Palestine Action in dawn raids ahead of fresh protests

It comes after more than 700 people were arrested for supporting the proscribed group at protests over the summer

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29 h. ago Met’s Counter Terror police arrest Palestine Action activists in dawn raids ahead of fresh protests

It comes after more than 700 people were arrested for supporting the proscribed group at protests over the summer

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7 d. ago In idyllic Porepunkah, a manhunt this huge feels ‘surreal’ – and the alleged killer could be anywhere

A peaceful Victoria town has been rocked by the fatal shootings of two police officers, leaving locals shuttered indoors and police scouring bushland for the suspectWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect called police ‘terrorist thugs’ and tried to arrest magistrateHow a police search warrant at a rural Victorian property ended in a day of tragedyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt would have been idyllic were it not for the sound of a police helicopter reverberating over the valley.By late afternoon on Wednesday the rain had slowed to a drizzle in Porepunkah. Mist curled around the foothills of Mt Buffalo. Cows and sheep grazed under a grey sky, unperturbed by the massive manhunt around them. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Victoria shooting update: alleged gunman fled with ‘powerful firearms’ and ‘understands bushcraft well’, police say

Police say suspect Dezi Freeman knows Victorian high country bushland ‘better than us’, as tributes paid to two dead officersVictoria police shooting live updatesWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect called police ‘terrorist thugs’ and tried to arrest magistrateWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn adventure-loving local detective planning his retirement and a senior constable on temporary assignment in Victoria’s alpine region have been identified as the victims of a shooting in Porepunkah.Detective leading senior constable Neal Thompson, 59, and senior constable Vadim De Waart, 35, were on Wednesday named by police as the officers allegedly killed by Dezi Freeman on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Screenwriter charged under Terrorism Act after 'stand off' at Edinburgh police station

Pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside St Leonard's Police Station in the capital on Monday morning and screenwriter Paul Laverty was arrested.

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9 d. ago Woman arrested under terrorism act after police station 'stand off' in Edinburgh

Protestors said they were supporting a woman who had been 'summoned' to St Leonard's Police Station in Edinburgh after receiving a letter.

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9 d. ago Man arrested under terrorism act after police station 'stand off' in Edinburgh

Protestors said they were supporting a woman who had been 'summoned' to St Leonard's Police Station in Edinburgh after receiving a letter.

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3 w. ago Voices: Arresting hundreds for protesting against a ban on Palestine Action shames us all

This is supposed to be a free country – but doling out criminal records to hundreds of pensioners should serve as a rebuke to the government, whose heavy-handed approach to this ‘terror’ organisation needs a rethink, says Sean O’Grady

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3 w. ago Hundreds arrested in police crackdown at London rally against Palestine Action terror ban

Demonstrators arrested for holding signs in Parliament Square

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last month Downing Street urges people not to take part in protest in support of Palestine Action

London demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries to protest proscription of group under terrorism lawsUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has urged people not to take part in a protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action as police warned they would arrest anyone breaking terrorism laws.Palestine Action has been banned under terrorism laws, and this weekend a large event protesting against its proscription has been organised by the group Defend Our Juries. Continue reading...

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