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Arrested for Protesting Hamas: The Iranian Activist Defying Tyranny in the UK
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20:51Now PlayingIn a deeply concerning incident that has sparked outrage over infringements on free speech, Iranian activist Niyak Ghorbani was subjected to a brutal arrest by London's Metropolitan Police simply for holding a placard reading "Hamas is a terrorist" during a pro-Palestinian protest on March 9th. Disturbing video footage shows the 38-year-old activist, who has lived in the UK for two and a half years after fleeing repression in Iran, being swarmed by an irate mob of protesters who attempted to grab his sign while chanting "Free Palestine" and "shame on you" at him. The confrontation quickly descended into violence, with Ghorbani being shoved by protesters before trying to leave the heated situation. However, multiple Metropolitan officers cornered him, with one officer caught on camera crumpling his "Hamas is terrorist" banner to the cheers of the pro-Palestinian crowd. Despite Ghorbani's insistence that his intent was "to show the British public that the protesters were supporting Hamas and not the Palestinian civilians in Gaza," he was arrested, with the activist alleging to The Jerusalem Post that "the police injured his hands and back" and stating "Instead of apologizing, the police issued a statement full of lies and played with my dignity. It's shameful." The police's official statement claimed Ghorbani was detained for assault to "prevent a breach of peace," but Jonathan Turner, an executive director for pro-Israel lawyers, condemned it as a "brutal" false arrest, arguing "the police appear to have committed criminal offenses of assault and false imprisonment" by wrongfully detaining the peaceful activist while allowing his actual assailants to go free.
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