London police arrest 523 people at protest over Palestine Action ban - Reuters

 

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London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that people were arrested for showing support for a "proscribed organization."

 

POLICE OFFICERS detain a protester at 'Everyone Day', a mass vigil and sign-holding event in Trafalgar Square organised by Defend Our Juries to demand the lifting of the ban on Palestine Action, in London, Britain, April 11, 2026.

(photo credit: REUTERS/Jack Taylor)

 

Police said on Saturday they had arrested 523 people at a protest in London's Trafalgar Square opposing Britain's banning of the Palestine Action group.

London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that people were arrested for showing support for a "proscribed organization."

🧵 Updates on the Defend our Juries activity will be shared on this thread.

Palestine Action remains a proscribed organisation and any expression of support for it constitutes a criminal offence.

https://t.co/KYrG3ZEgBu

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) April 11, 2026

The gathering was the first since London's High Court ruled in February that a ban designating the pro-Palestinian group as a terrorist organization was unlawful. UK Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood has been granted approval to appeal the ruling.

Palestine Action banned after air force base break-in

Lawmakers banned Palestine Action - which accuses Britain's government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza - under anti-terrorism legislation last July after some members broke into a Royal Air Force base.

Israel has repeatedly denied any abuses in its war in Gaza.

During Saturday's demonstration, placard-holding protesters, some wearing black and white Palestinian scarves and waving Palestinian flags, sat on the ground or on camping chairs.

Reuters

Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-892648

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