Arrests made in India for ‘Free Gaza, Free Palestine’ posters: report

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Seven people have been arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly putting up “Free Gaza, Free Palestine” posters,* Al Jazeera* reports citing The Times of India, which quotes local police.

“The posters called for a boycott of Israeli goods,” officer Baniyathair Ram Veer Singh was quoted by the newspaper as saying, adding that those arrested were caught with the help of CCTV footage.

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