The demonstrators were detained for protesting without the permission of the authorities, although they claim that permission was revoked on the day of the protest itself and that they were detained while trying to leave the venue.
Prevent police tried to recruit asylum seeker as mosque informant
Kurdish asylum seeker tells Middle East Eye that officers offered him help with his immigration case if he worked for them
Police arrested several people in Newport as part of the Parsons Green investigation but all were released without charge (Reuters) By Published date: 20 May 2018 06:57 UTC | Last update: 2 years 10 months ago
A Kurdish asylum seeker has told Middle East Eye that Prevent police officers in Wales asked him to work for them as an informant in local mosques in return for help with his immigration status.
Mahdi Rahimi, a 25-year-old who fled to the UK from Iran nine years ago, was arrested in Newport, south Wales, in the aftermath of last September’s Parsons Green bombing.