\n Sean Clerkin, 64, was arrested and has been charged under the Terrorism Act, after he displayed a placard stating Genocide in Palestine Time to Take Action.\n<\/p>\n
\n The protester was taken to a police station and held for around three hours.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking to the Glasgow Times after he was released,\u00a0he said he had to sign a “draconian”\u00a0undertaking.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “I had to agree not to enter an\u00a0exclusion zone which covers the city centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I was charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act and given a date to appear in court.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI am effectively banned from the city centre for the duration until the court date.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf I go into the city centre, I will be jailed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He said he will comply with the undertaking.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: \u201cI will abide by it but I think it is draconian and we are on the way to a politicised police state.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Clerkin was arrested in Nelson Mandela Place on Friday around noon after he displayed the sign.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: GT)\n<\/p>\n
\n The words Palestine and Action were in much larger text than the rest of the sign.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group Palestine Action is a proscribed organisation in the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two men displayed the sign and were warned by police officers they were \u201cdemonstrating support for a proscribed organisation\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n They were warned that the way the sign was written was deliberately intended to \u201ccircumvent the law\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n When it was displayed again minutes later, as a third protester made a speech, two police officers moved in and made an arrest.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Clerkin was taken to a nearby police van amid shouts of \u201clet him go\u201d from supporters.\n<\/p>\n
\n The man stated repeatedly as he was taken to the police van: \u201cI am not a terrorist\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n The city centre protest on Friday was calling for \u201can end\u00a0to the proscription of Palestine Action and \u201cthe end to genocide in Gaza And Palestine.\n<\/p>\n
\n Other protesters criticised the arrest.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mick Napier of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: \u201cThis is the theatre of the absurd. You can’t say Palestine and genocide in the same sentence.”\n<\/p>\n