Overview

• Scotland Yard asked organisers to delay Saturday’s Trafalgar Square action so officers can focus on protective patrols, warning previous events required large counter-terror and public order deployments.
• Defend Our Juries rejected the request and confirmed the protest will go ahead, urging police not to arrest people holding signs opposing the proscription.
• Organisers report 1,500 people have pledged to risk arrest by declaring support for the banned group, with claims that more may join on the day.
• The Met says 134 people in London have been charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act since July, with potential penalties of up to six months in prison and lasting DBS and travel consequences.
• A High Court judge has permitted a judicial review of the proscription, as the government seeks to steer the challenge to the Prescribed Organisations Appeal Committee instead.