Overview

• The Metropolitan Police said most detainees were held for supporting a prohibited organization, with more than 25 arrests for assaults on officers.
• Commanders reported officers were hit, spat on, and targeted with thrown objects during the Parliament Square operation.
• More than 2,500 officers were deployed across the capital as a separate pro-Palestinian march drew about 20,000 people with very few arrests.
• The tense rally was organized by Defend Our Juries to oppose the proscription of Palestine Action, and some participants tried to block arrests.
• UN experts and rights groups criticized the ban as disproportionate, over 800 people had already been arrested since July with 138 charged, and co-founder Huda Ammori won permission to challenge the designation in court with a hearing set for November.