Meet the pensioners risking lengthy prison terms to support Palestine Action

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In an interrogation room just after 1am, 68-year-old grandmother-of-seven Marji Mansfield was sat across from counter terrorism officers after being arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in central London.

Meet the pensioners risking lengthy prison terms to support Palestine Action

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