{"id":844,"date":"2025-07-12T17:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=844"},"modified":"2025-07-12T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:03:55","slug":"more-than-40-arrested-at-london-protest-in-support-of-banned-group-palestine-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"More than 40 arrested at London protest in support of banned group Palestine Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-5 px-4 md:max-w-[750px] md:px-0 lg:mb-8\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"relative\"><em>PAN PYLAS<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between mt-3\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-muted md:text-sm\">\n<div><em><time datetime=\"2025-07-12T17:17:18.000Z\">Sat, July 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM GMT+1<\/time><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>2 min read<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-3 flex items-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mx-4 md:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<div class=\"mb-5 max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"relative -mx-4 overflow-hidden md:mx-0 md:rounded-lg\">\n<div class=\"absolute left-3 top-1\/2 z-1 -translate-y-1\/2 md:left-6\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"\u00abr4h\u00bb\" class=\"no-scrollbar flex snap-x snap-mandatory overflow-y-hidden overflow-x-scroll\">\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"true\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 blur-3xl\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/76756732b7ab3de9974936bcd2d0c3d2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/76756732b7ab3de9974936bcd2d0c3d2.webp 960w, https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/76756732b7ab3de9974936bcd2d0c3d2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/76756732b7ab3de9974936bcd2d0c3d2-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm sr-only pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>People take part in a protest in support of &#8216;Palestine Action&#8217;, organised by the Defend Our Juries group, in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square in London, England. (Jeff Moore\/PA via AP)<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"false\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"false\"><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm sr-only pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute right-3 top-1\/2 z-1 -translate-y-1\/2 md:right-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<h2 class=\"text-base font-bold text-primary\">Britain Palestinians<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative text-sm line-clamp-2 pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div>People take part in a protest in support of &#8216;Palestine Action&#8217;, organised by the Defend Our Juries group, in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square in London, England, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (Jeff Moore\/PA via AP)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w-[750px] md:grid-cols-article overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"col-body\">\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LONDON (AP) \u2014 More than 40 people were arrested Saturday at a protest in central London against\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-ban-palestine-action-967a0080ffa855465cc7049e8fa17aac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Palestine Action group;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"28\">the Palestine Action group<\/a>\u00a0being proscribed a terrorist organization by the government following a break-in and vandalism at a Royal Air Force base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Metropolitan Police said 42 people had been arrested by late afternoon. All but one of the arrests were for showing support for a proscribed organization, which police have said includes chanting, wearing clothing or displaying articles such as flags, signs or logos. Another person was arrested for common assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was the second straight week protesters gathered to support the pro-Palestinian activist group. Its outlawing has meant support for the organization is deemed a criminal offense.\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-palestine-action-ban-protest-arrests-f28c64c0765cdfd136be82b7a815ed6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police arrested 29 people;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"29\">Police arrested 29 people<\/a>\u00a0at a similar protest last weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"false\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 blur-3xl\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm sr-only pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"false\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"2\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"2\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 blur-3xl\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7f3d68a4e2f00daa1cecf1adeda868c5.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7f3d68a4e2f00daa1cecf1adeda868c5.webp 960w, https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7f3d68a4e2f00daa1cecf1adeda868c5-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7f3d68a4e2f00daa1cecf1adeda868c5-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm sr-only pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Police officers remove a person after they took part in a protest in Parliament Square, to call for de-proscription of &#8216;Palestine Action&#8217; after a ban against the organisation was announced, in London. (James Manning\/PA via AP)<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"size-full shrink-0\" data-inview=\"false\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"3\">\n<div class=\"snap-start snap-always\" data-slide-index=\"3\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 blur-3xl\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two groups gathered underneath both the statues of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi and South Africa&#8217;s first postapartheid president, Nelson Mandela, in Parliament Square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Signs with the wording \u201cI oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action,\u201d were held aloft in silence as the protesters were surrounded by police officers and members of the media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some demonstrators could be seen lying on top of each other on the ground as police searched their bags and took away signs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers could then be seen carrying away a number of protesters who were lying down, lifting them off the ground and into waiting police vans parked around the square.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other demonstrations were also planned across the U.K. on Saturday, including in Manchester, Cardiff and Londonderry, Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-ban-palestine-action-967a0080ffa855465cc7049e8fa17aac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:official designation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"30\">official designation<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month of Palestine Action as a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act 2000 means that membership in the group and support for its actions are punishable by up to 14 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some 81 organizations are already proscribed under the U.K. act, including the militant groups Hamas and al-Qaida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The government moved to ban Palestine Action after activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/palestinian-activists-damage-uk-military-planes-51ac7aa6f303aa84c24e774b709a2120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brize Norton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"31\">Brize Norton<\/a>\u00a0in Oxfordshire, England, on June 20, damaging two planes using red paint and crowbars in protest at the British government&#8217;s ongoing military support for Israel in its\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:war in Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"32\" data-v9y=\"1\">war in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said that the incident caused around 7 million pounds&#8217; ($9.4 million) worth of damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four people between 22 and 35 years old were\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/raf-brize-norton-palestine-action-planes-8467a20bcd088e24c3fe061852b33ba2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:charged;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"33\" data-v9y=\"1\">charged<\/a>\u00a0with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the U.K. The four are scheduled to appear on July 18 at the Central Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAN PYLAS Sat, July 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM GMT+1 2 min read People take part in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}