London police arrest 139 people outside US Embassy for supporting banned pro-Palestinian group
Police said 320 of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed organization as protesters rallied before a Supreme Court appeal over the ban.
- On Saturday, Metropolitan Police arrested 139 demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a group proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
- The U.K. government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organization in July 2025; organizers Defend Our Juries alleged the ban reflects U.S. political pressure and influence.
- Demonstrators held signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action," while Met Commander Adam Slonecki stated the operation aimed to prevent unlawful support for the proscribed group.
- Saturday's arrests pushed the total number of detentions past 4,000 since July 2025, according to Defend Our Juries, with 94-year-old human rights campaigner and barrister Margaret Owen among those detained.
- The Supreme Court will hold a two-day hearing beginning November 4 to challenge the proscription, representing the final legal avenue to overturn the government's designation of Palestine Action.
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325 Palestine Action supporters arrested outside London's US embassy as Burnham widens attack on democratic rights
The Metropolitan Police warned that not only placard holders but anyone providing “logistical support” faced arrest, days before the Supreme Court hears the appeal against the ban on Palestine Action on Wednesday.
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = Support for 'Palestine Action,' a pro-Palestinian group designated as a banned organization under counter-terrorism laws, in front of the U.S. Embassy in the UK...
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n1info.rsMore than 300 people were arrested during a protest in support of the Palestine Action group, held in front of the United States Embassy in London, the police announced. That group is banned in Great Britain.
Palestine Action was classified as a terrorist after acts of vandalism committed by its activists, notably on a Royal Air Force basis and an attack in Bristol on a site of the Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems. Another rally took place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The country's Supreme Court will rule on the British government's ban on the activist group from last year.
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