The Lifeboat News: Al-Quakers - get them proscribed.

DOJ reported that the South Wales Police conducted 13 arrests under the Terrorism Act Section 12 and held them in custody for an extended period after a superintendent authorised an extension of precharge detention beyond the maximum of 24 hours.

The police also raided the arrestees' homes, breaking down front doors and seizing posters, books and technology. According to DOJ, two of the 13 arrestees were Quakers, aged 78 and 80. They reported that their food cupboards were tested for radioactive material.

The group added that in London and Manchester the “approach was somewhere in between”, with protesters arrested under the Terrorism Act Section 13 - a much lesser charge than Section 12 - and were quickly released on police bail.

“The Chief Constable of South Wales police has got carried away with his new powers, treating peaceful protestors with cardboard signs like al-Qaeda operatives. Is this absurd diversion of police resources what [Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper really intended?” a DOJ spokesperson asked in a statement.

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