Margaret Owen, 94, arrested again during Palestine Action ban protest
Margaret Owen, 94, arrested again during Palestine Action ban protest Ninety-four-year-old Margaret Owen has been arrested again under the Terrorism Act in the United Kingdom for defying the ban on Palestine Action, according to Defend Our Juries. Defend Our Juries, a campaign group, said on X that dozens of fresh arrests during Saturday's protest outside the US embassy in London bring the total…
Ninety-four-year-old Margaret Owen has once again been arrested under the Terrorism Act in the United Kingdom for protesting against the ban on Palestine Action, according to Defend Our Juries. The campaign group reported that over 4,000 arrests have been made during recent protests, including a recent demonstration outside the US embassy in London.
Owen, a former human rights lawyer, was arrested at a protest outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on September 27th. She expressed her intention to be arrested, stating she had been waiting months for this opportunity. After her arrest, she was fingerprinted and given bail conditions requiring her to report to a police station on December 27th.
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