Dhaka, March 9 -- A man who climbed the Big Ben tower in London holding a Palestinian flag was arrested after a 16-hour standoff on Saturday.

The man, who wore a keffiyeh, a traditional Middle Eastern headscarf, and draped the Palestinian flag over the decorative stonework of the tower, filmed the entire incident on Instagram.

He remained perched on the ledge throughout the day, vowing to climb higher if approached, and asserting his protest against "police repression and state violence."

The man explained that he was protesting the imprisonment of activists and the government's failure to stop arms sales to Israel, which he referred to as a "terrorist state."

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