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UK sentences six over 2009 Gaza war protests

Six British Muslim men have been jailed for clashing with police during the anti-Gaza war rally in front of the Israeli Embassy in London in January last year.

A court sentences the young men to periods of between one to years each in jail for violent conduct.

A Press TV correspondent said most of the convicts on Saturday were 19 to 20 years old, and had protested that they had been provoked by the police.

The charges against the six include hitting police officers and damaging property during huge protests outside the Israeli Embassy.

The six had been enraged by Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed over 1,400 Palestinians after weeks of ceaseless air land and sea assaults.

This is while a human rights organization slammed the British police for mishandling the demonstrations by using heavy-handed tactics.

The Islamic Human Rights Commission also said the police had failed to investigate up to 30 complaints against the Metropolitan police force.

Dozens protesters more are expected to be jailed in the coming weeks.

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