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Nearly half of terrorism arrests in UK since 9/11 coincided with Palestine Action ban, new data shows

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Nearly half of terrorism arrests in UK since 9/11 coincided with Palestine Action ban, new data shows New data has revealed that almost half of Britian's counter-terror arrests since 9/11 coincided with the UK government's proscription of direct action group Palestine Action. According to Home Office data, of the 6539 arrests for terror-related activity in the UK since the 2001 attacks on the twin towers, 3,021 were in the past year. The surge coincides with the proscription of Palestine Action in July last year- which led to thousands of arrests of people for holding signs during silent vigils in support of the group. The ban is subject to a continuing legal challenge, which will be heard at the British Supreme Court in November. In the year ending 31 March, terrorism-related arrests soared by 1,434 percent with a 3,761% increase in arrests of women and girls and a 2,306% increase in arrests of those aged 30 and over. Raj Chada, the head of criminal defence at the law firm Hodge Jones

First report: Almost half of terrorism arrests in Great Britain since 9/11 have been in past year — theguardian.com, 14d