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Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Amnesty International called the mass arrests “deeply concerning”.

“The protesters in Parliament Square were not inciting violence and it is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating them as terrorists,” said Sacha Deshmukh, the organisation’s chief executive.

“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. These arrests demonstrate that our concerns were justified.”

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, the planes weren't even damaged?? They just spray-painted them??? It would be bullshit to call it violence either way, but I assumed they sabotaged them in some way which I could at least see a fascist describing as a violent act, but Jesus Christ labeling an organization as violent and terrorist for one act of graffiti is truly beyond the pale.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Just to be clear sorry paint over flight surfaces is not something anyone flying can just ignore.

    It is very able to bring down an aircraft if the wronge surfaces are stuck due to such paint. And most modern aircraft surfaces do not allow huge movement spaces. (Excepting some limited early stealth models that needed to grow at speed. But materials tech has hugely changed since early 60 when early stealth aircraft leaked fuel at take off)

    Is it terrorism likely not. I at least cannot make an argument where tempory lack of 2 aircraft is a threat of terror.

    But it is damage to the aircraft that requires funding to correct before use.

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