Overview

• Metropolitan Police arrested about 890 people outside Parliament for alleged support of a proscribed organisation, with most released shortly afterward.
• Defend Our Juries said more than 1,500 people joined the sit-in to express solidarity with Palestine Action.
• Police reported officers were punched, kicked and spat at and said 17 arrests related to violent conduct, while organisers alleged heavy-handed tactics against largely peaceful, often elderly protesters.
• A separate pro-Palestine march drew an estimated 20,000 people elsewhere in London the same day.
• The government banned Palestine Action in July after an RAF vandalism incident, making support punishable by up to 14 years, and a High Court ruling in the group’s favor now faces a government appeal on 25 September.