UK Police Say 325 People Were Arrested at Palestine Action Demo
- On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police arrested 325 people at the US embassy in Nine Elms, London, for supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action.
- The activist group Defend Our Juries organized the demonstration ahead of a November 4 Supreme Court appeal against the group's designation as a terror organization.
- Retired lawyer Charles Allison, 75, joined the crowd, stating he "feared for our liberties," while signs reading "we are protesters, not terrorists" appeared throughout the demonstration.
- Police officers took demonstrators into custody one by one, with crowds chanting "free, free Palestine" as detainees were loaded into vans parked on Ponton Road before transfer to police stations.
- Support for the organization became a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act when it was proscribed in June 2025, a designation the group is challenging at the Supreme Court.
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British police arrested 325 people yesterday at a Palestine Action protest in London. The activist group has been designated a terrorist organization by the British government and has been banned since July of last year. People are regularly arrested at protests. This also happened yesterday in southwest London, in front of the American embassy. Demonstrators carried signs with slogans such as "I am against genocide, I support Palestine Action" …
UK police say 325 people were arrested at Palestine Action demo
Demonstrators staged a "mass action" outside the US embassy ahead of the Supreme Court holding a two-day hearing from Wednesday on the UK government's July 2025 decision to outlaw Palestine Action under anti-terror legislation. The United States also designated Palestine Action as "terrorist" in August, as the administration of President Donald Trump intensifies its campaign against left-wing movements. The British designation puts the group on …
British police said Sunday they had arrested 325 people during a protest in London on Saturday in support of Palestine Action, ahead of a court hearing into the government's controversial decision to ban the group.
British police detained 325 people during a protest in support of the banned Palestinian pro-Palestinian Palestine Palestine Action, which took place outside the United States Embassy in London. "A total of 325 people were detained yesterday. The vast majority of detentions – 320 – were for expressing support for the proscribed organization," RIA News reports a message from Scotland Yard. The demonstration took place on Saturday outside the U.S.…
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