US EditionProtesters backing Palestine Action vow ‘major escalation’ in campaign amid crackdown
Police can now consider the cumulative impact of repeated protests to impose conditions after over 2,000 arrests linked to Palestine Action since July, DOJ said.
- On Sunday Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced police forces across England and Wales will gain new powers after 488 arrests in London, amending the Public Order Act 1986 to consider protests' cumulative impact.
- A July High Court ruling found co-founder Huda Ammori had several reasonably arguable beliefs, prompting a three-day hearing in November, after damage at RAF Brize Norton on June 20 caused about 7 million in damage, and over 2,000 arrests since July.
- Defend Our Juries has vowed escalation and urged supporters to book time off ahead of a High Court legal challenge, with Palestine Action supporters set to converge in London between November 25 and 27.
- Saturday's vigil in London showed almost 500 arrests, including 488 for supporting Palestine Action, while police authority to order relocation and legal risk of arrest apply for breaches.
- Human rights groups and campaigners argued Amnesty International criticised mass arrests as inappropriate policing, while Paula Dodds said officers were physically exhausted and Sir Keir Starmer called for restraint.
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Defend Our Juries vows to escalate campaigning as police protest powers enhanced
The group promised civil disobedience across the country after the Home Secretary announced greater police powers to restrict protests.
UK police to get sweeping powers to curb protests as pro-Palestinian arrests surge - Egypt Independent
British police are set to be granted greater powers to clamp down on repeated protests, the UK Home Office announced Sunday, after hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists were arrested in central London for supporting the banned activist group Palestine Action.
Group vows civil disobedience as police powers enhanced | The latest National and International News
Protesters taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries, in support of banned terror group Palestine Action on Saturday (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) Maja Smiejkowska Protest group Defend Our Juries has promised to escalate its campaign against government restrictions on demonstrations after the Home Secretary announced enhanced police powers to control protests. The organisation condemned new measures that allow officers to consider th…
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