US EditionSeven Charged After Protesters Clash with Police at Rally for Palestine Action
- On Monday, June 23, a Palestine Action protest relocated to Trafalgar Square after police imposed an exclusion zone around Parliament Square in London.
- The protest followed a series of demonstrations by Palestine Action targeting the arms industry, including spray painting an RAF jet and Allianz Insurance offices.
- Police reported that the protest began peacefully but resulted in multiple clashes leading to 13 arrests for offences such as assaulting emergency workers and breaching public order conditions.
- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced on Monday afternoon her decision to proscribe Palestine Action, stating it has a “long history” of criminal damage and calling the incidents “disgraceful.”
- If Parliament approves the draft order next week, membership and support for Palestine Action will become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison, effectively banning the group.
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7 charged in London after protest in support of Palestine Action
Seven people have been charged on Tuesday following a protest in London in support of Palestine Action, a campaign organisation the British government has proposed to ban under anti-terrorism laws. The ban, which was announced on Monday and will be laid before parliament next week, would make it a criminal offence to belong to the group after its activists damaged two UK military planes in protest at London's support for Israel amid the war in G…
British authorities have charged seven people after a protest in London in support of the Palestinian Action organization, which the government in London has proposed banning under counter-terrorism laws.
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Seven charged after protesters clash with police at Palestine Action rally
The Government said it will ban the protest group after an RAF jet was spray painted.
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