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Met Police smash down door of Quaker meeting house to arrest activists
Twenty officers handcuffed six women and took them to the police station in what is thought to be the first raid on a meeting house
The women, aged between 18 and 38, were sitting in a circle eating hummus and bread sticks on Thursday evening as part of a “welcome meeting” for Youth Demand, which calls itself a non-violent protest group. “I don’t think the British public wants to see people being dragged out of places of worship when they’re sitting peacefully sharing their concerns about climate breakdown and the situation in the Middle East,” he said. The group has been posting on social media about a plan to “shut down London” over April, using tactics including “swarming”, which involves a non-violent direct action strategy used by protesters to block roads.
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