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<article data-history-node-id="447125" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-police-raid-84-year-old-retired-priests-home-over-activism" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-police-raid-84-year-old-retired-priests-home-over-activism" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UK police raid 84-year-old retired priest's home over activism</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An 84-year-old retired priest known for her climate change and pro-Palestine activism had her home raided by British police on Friday, according to the campaign group Defend Our Juries (DOJ).</p> <p>Sue Parfitt has in the past shown support for the proscribed direct action group Palestine Action, and attended a peaceful protest on Wednesday with the environmental activist group Just Stop Oil.</p> <p>DOJ said police had raided Parfitt's home on Friday. Middle East Eye has <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is-not-britain-grew-up-activists-raided-police-palestine-action">reported recently</a> on the Palestine Action activists who have had their homes raided by British counter-terrorism police, as well as on the campaigners waiting to have their homes raided.</p> <p>Pressure is growing on new prime minister Andy Burnham to rescind the ban on Palestine Action, which is eating up vast amounts of police time.&nbsp;</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-social-platform="twitter" data-embed-url="https://x.com/DefendOurJuries/status/2095821511462416676"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING<br><br>84yo Reverend Sue Parfitt’s home was raided by police today.<br><br>She had taken part in a peaceful protest on Wednesday with <a href="https://x.com/JustStop_Oil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustStop_Oil</a> outside Westminster, calling on <a href="https://x.com/andyburnham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andyburnham</a> to refuse to reopen new oil &amp; gas licenses in the North Sea.<br><br>(Footage from a 2025 arrest) <a href="https://t.co/DzNRMr9WTK">pic.twitter.com/DzNRMr9WTK</a></p>— Defend Our Juries (@DefendOurJuries) <a href="https://x.com/DefendOurJuries/status/2095821511462416676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </div> </article>

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