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Glasgow man arrested under Terrorism Act for holding Palestine sign

Sean Clerkin, 64, was arrested and has been charged under the Terrorism Act, after he displayed a placard stating "Genocide in Palestine, Time to Take Action".

The protester was taken to a police station and held for around three hours.

Clerkin was arrested in Nelson Mandela Place on Friday around noon after he displayed the sign.
Two men displayed the sign and were warned by police officers they were “demonstrating support for a proscribed organisation”.

They were warned that the way the sign was written was deliberately intended to “circumvent the law”.

When it was displayed again minutes later, as a third protester made a speech, two police officers moved in and made an arrest.

Clerkin was taken to a nearby police van amid shouts of “let him go” from supporters.

The man stated repeatedly as he was taken to the police van: “I am not a terrorist”

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00:00So as it stands just now, Section 13 of the Terrorism Act, right, makes it an offence.
00:04No, no, listen, no one's saying you are, but it makes it an offence.
00:09It makes it an offence to demonstrate support for prescribed organisations.
00:12Where will it end? To start with Palestinian action, it will end with the Women's Guild.
00:17What if the Women's Guild, they disagree with government policy or something, so they become prescribed.
00:22So I would say to people who are libertarian, who believe in parliamentary democracy, who believe in freedom,
00:28that part of a democracy is the right to protest and to say what you think.
00:34And the one thing about Palestinian action is they're not a violent organisation.
00:38It's non-violent, peaceful, direct action. That's what they engage in.
00:42Now, it's wrong, it's morally wrong, but we will defend ourselves in court to say that we are not violent,
00:49we are non-violent, and all we are doing is basically saying it should end the genocide in Gaza.
00:57Now, a man called Keir Starmer, in the past, defended people who took direct action against the military machine.
01:06And we say direct action has a noble history in British, has a noble record in British history.
01:12The women here would never have the vote if some people had not taken direct action.
01:17Non-violent, direct action gets you up to 14 years in prison, supporting the genocide, sending weapons, sending soldiers, sending the RAF.
01:29That gets you a nightmare.
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