Overview
- Scotland Yard reported 857 arrests for alleged support of a banned organisation and 33 for other offenses, including 17 suspected assaults on officers.
- Police leadership described coordinated violence against officers, saying some were punched, kicked, spat at and hit with thrown objects.
- Organisers from Defend Our Juries dispute the police account, alleging officers used force against peaceful, often older, demonstrators and arrested people for holding placards.
- A separate pro‑Palestinian march of about 20,000 people in London proceeded largely without incident with only a few arrests.
- The government banned Palestine Action in July after RAF aircraft were damaged in an incident causing more than €8 million in losses, a move criticised by the UN and Amnesty as a threat to free expression, while a founder plans a court challenge with a November hearing and media report at least 100 people—up to 138—have been charged under the ban.