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Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference

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Burford, R., & Howie, M. (2026, September 27). Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/palestine-action-protest-labour-conference-liverpool-burnham-b1298567.html

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Police arrested an elderly protester along with another person during a demonstration supporting Palestine Action outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The protest, attended by more than 200 individuals holding homemade banners, was organized by Defend Our Juries to pressure Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reconsider the ban on Palestine Action and address UK complicity in Israeli war crimes. Protesters were willing to be arrested to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the current political stance on the issue.

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On Sunday during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool led by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, over 250 pro-Palestine protesters gathered to show support for Palestine Action, a group banned as "terrorist" since July 2025. The protest included demonstrators holding homemade banners reading “I support Palestine Action,” and chanting slogans like "free, free Palestine." Prominent figures such as Robert Del Naja from the band Massive Attack and 94-year-old human rights barrister Margaret Owen were among those arrested by police under the Terrorism Act for displaying banned group materials. Over 3,600 people have been arrested since the ban was implemented due to similar protests. Amnesty International UK’s chief executive Kerry Moscogiuri criticized the arrests as a "shameful attack on free speech," calling for reforms that protect communities' right to demonstrate peacefully.

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Claims (10 extracted, 1 hedged)

Police arrested an elderly demonstrator outside the Labour Party conference during a protest in support of Palestine Action. asserted

Police → arrest → Action

More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool, many holding home-made banners which read: “I support Palestine Action,” the banned group. asserted

I → sit → Action

Scores of police stood by before moving in to arrest an elderly man who was sitting under a tree. asserted

who → stand → tree

Police then made another arrest after telling a protester he was holding up a sign supporting a proscribed organisation. asserted

he → make → organisation

After asking the man if he was going to continue holding up the sign, police led him away. asserted

police → ask → him

More protesters were expected to sit in the same spot as those who have been arrested. asserted

who → expect → those

A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries, which organised the protest, said: “We had hoped the new PM, Andy Burnham, would do the sensible thing and bin the ban on Palestine Action given the weight of public pressure to do so and the escalating amount of resources required in enforcing it. asserted

PM → organise → it

“Continuing the charade of the proscription of Palestine Action is illogical, unsustainable and immoral. asserted

Continuing → continue → Action

“Hundreds of people, from professions including teachers, pensioners, and healthcare workers, are willing to be arrested today to let Andy Burnham know that it is not enough just to say that Israel is committing war crimes including ethnic cleansing in Gaza, he must take meaningful action to end UK complicity with Israel's crimes. asserted

he → include → crimes

“The first step the PM could do today, from the podium of his inaugural party conference is to commit to ending the prosecution and jailing of people as terrorists just for standing up against war crimes and genocide.” uncertain

PM → do → crimes

Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference

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