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At least five journalists, including two Leicester Gazette reporters, were arrested under the Terrorism Act outside the drone factory pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fi...

pressgazette.co.ukAt least five journalists arrested at Palestine Action protestAt least five journalists were briefly arrested while covering a pro-Palestine Action protest in Leicester on Thursday.
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Police say they have arrested 35 people at a protest in Leicestershire on suspicion of having "material in support of" the proscribed group Palestine Action www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukBraunstone protest sees 35 held over 'Palestine Action support'Police arrest multiple people on suspicion of having "material in support of" the proscribed group.

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Clive
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They literally arrested first and asked questions (like are you a journalist who I should not be arresting) later. It was the very worst kind of lazy policing. I suspect there were more wrongful arrests than legitimate ones.