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Massive Attack Star Arrested Near UK Labour Conference
Police arrested the Massive Attack musician after he held a placard backing Palestine Action, as hundreds plan a similar protest.
- Massive Attack member Robert Del Naja was arrested Saturday outside the ACC Liverpool on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action, a proscribed organization, while holding a placard reading "I OPPOSE GENOCIDE, I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION."
- The arrest follows a campaign by Del Naja, Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori, and human rights barrister Michael Mansfield KC, who urged British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to de-proscribe the organization.
- Defend Our Juries highlighted that Del Naja and Burnham stood together last year supporting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, where the Prime Minister praised the musician's "clarity and leadership."
- Hundreds are expected to demonstrate at the Labour Party conference today, with supporters like Annie Wimbush planning to replicate Del Naja's action amid government proscription of the group.
- Critics like Mark Record, a further education worker from West Sussex, argue the government misuses the Terrorism Act to suppress dissent, urging the Prime Minister to ban UK arms exports to Israel rather than classify activists as terrorists.
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The protest coincided with the start of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool
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Arrests have taken place outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool after protestors held up signs referencing Palestine Action, in what Amnesty International called a 'shameful' attack on free speech
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Rob Del Naja, a member of the British group Massive Attack, was arrested in Liverpool on the eve of the Labor Party conference, after holding a banner with the message "I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action" at a protest, the organization Defend Our Juries announced on its Instagram account.
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