US EditionUK police arrest scores of supporters of newly banned Palestinian protest group
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 12 – Police arrested 46 people for supporting the banned Palestine Action group, now classified as a terrorist organisation punishable by up to 14 years in prison, during protests in London.
- On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police arrested 46 protesters in Parliament Square for suspected support of Palestine Action during a pro-Gaza rally.
- Last month, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper proscribed Palestine Action after activists spray-painted aircraft at RAF Brize Norton, criminalising support under the Terrorism Act 2000.
- Legal experts, including Amnesty International UK and UN lawyers, condemn the first use of anti-terror laws against a peaceful domestic group, Palestine Action, as a dangerous precedent.
- Following the London arrests, protests in Manchester, Cardiff, and Derry led to 16 more arrests for support of the proscribed group, raising concerns over civil liberties.
- This first ban of a non-violent protest group under the Terrorism Act raises concerns over free speech and sets a controversial legal precedent for criminalising civil disobedience.
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British police arrested more than 70 people during Saturday's protests in support of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Britain has designated the group a terrorist organization. The group has long taken action against British arms companies, accusing them of supporting Israel in the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
More Than 70 Arrested at UK Protests in Support of Banned Group Palestine Action
LONDON (AP) — More than 70 people were arrested Saturday at protests in the U.K. against the Palestine Action group being proscribed a terrorist organization by the British government following a break-in and vandalism at a Royal Air Force base.
British police arrested a total of 71 sympathizers of the activist group Palestine Action in three cities yesterday. The pro-Palestinian group was recently placed on the terror list by the British government following vandalism at an air base. In London, more than forty people were arrested demonstrating in a square against the war in Gaza. According to the police, officers responded when criminal offenses were committed, "such as expressing sup…
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