US Edition86 arrests after protesters breach Wormwood Scrubs prison grounds holding Palestine Action-linked activist
Eighty-six protesters were arrested for aggravated trespass after breaching prison grounds and blocking staff, police said, during a demonstration supporting a hunger and thirst striking prisoner.
- On Saturday the Metropolitan Police detained a group who had breached the grounds of HMP Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, arresting a total of 86 people after they refused orders to leave.
- Prisoners for Palestine campaign group identified Muhammad Umer Khalid, who restarted a hunger strike 15 days ago and began an extremely dangerous thirst strike on Friday.
- Footage showed protesters chanting and moving toward prison buildings, with some reaching a staff entrance area, while police vans arrived after around 30 minutes and kettled the crowd at about 10pm.
- A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said `at no point was prison security compromised` and prisoners are managed with regular medical checks, monitoring, and hospital care if needed.
- According to messenger channels run by protest groups, arrests were still continuing as of 11:30pm, with journalists detained including Canary videographer Ibrahim Abul-Essad, while Prisoners for Palestine earlier reported at least 20 arrests.
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Mass arrest of protesters outside British hunger striker’s prison
The Metropolitan Police violently arrested at least 86 protesters outside Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London. They had gathered peacefully in solidarity with Umer Khalid, a pro-Palestinian activist on a hunger and thirst strike.
UK Police Arrest 86 Palestine Action Protesters Outside London Prison
Dozens of protesters were arrested on Jan. 24 on suspicion of aggravated trespass after allegedly breaching prison grounds at Wormwood Scrubs in London. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a Jan. 24 post on X that a group “protesting in support of a Palestine Action prisoner on a hunger strike” refused to leave the grounds when ordered to do so, allegedly blocked prison staff from entering and leaving, and threatened police officers. Police sai…
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested after Entering London Prison Grounds
London police confirmed on Sunday, January 25th that 86 protesters were arrested after entering the grounds of Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London during a demonstration supporting the Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike there. Demonstrators reportedly refused to leave when ordered by officers, blocked prison staff from entering and exiting the facility, and several were seen inside a staff-only area of a building within the site. The …
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