Five people have been arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in at Waterloo station - in defiance of a police order in place on Saturday
Around 100 pro-Palestinian rallies took place across the UK in a day of national action, as ITV News' Leyla Hayes reportsAn order has been put in place by the British Transport Police , banning protests at all of London's major railway stations – but that hasn't stopped demonstrators from defying the restriction.
A group of demonstrators then made their way to Westminster Bridge where they sat in the road before moving to Parliament Square, the Metropolitan Police said. Meanwhile in Glasgow, an estimated 18,000 people turned out for a pro-Palestinian event, organised by a coalition of groups called the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee.as a gesture of solidarity with the population of Gaza, who have used the method so they can be identified and buried with relatives if they are killed.
“Groups around the country are organising local rallies and marches to basically build for the national demonstration that has been called for next Saturday,” she said.“I think most of them have speakers from various organisations that are involved in the main marches, and then trade unionists,” she said.
Previous weekends have seen thousands of protesters and counter-protesters converging on the capital.Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said the rallies were organised to show that “ordinary people” support a ceasefire. It will deploy officers in areas “with significant Jewish or Muslim communities”, which the service said “continue to experience increased uncertainty and fear in light of events in the Middle East and their impact here in London”.
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