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QUAKERS have condemned the arrests of six people at Westminster Meeting House as an “aggressive violation.”

More than 30 police stormed a welcome talk held by environmental and pro-Palestine group Youth Demand in central London on Thursday, activists said.

A person attending their first talk and a journalist were among those held, according to the group. 

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