Overview

• Greenpeace UK activists poured 300 litres of biodegradable red dye into the US Embassy pond in London to protest US arms sales to Israel.
• Will McCallum, co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, was among six activists arrested on charges of conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
• The protest highlighted US arms sales as a driver of violence in Gaza, where activists claim weapons are used indiscriminately against civilians.
• Critics, including Amnesty International, have raised concerns that the arrests signal increasing restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in the UK.
• The Metropolitan Police confirmed no breach of the embassy's secure perimeter, emphasizing the arrests were linked to the dyeing of the public pond.