Overview
- The Metropolitan Police confirmed arrests at a Defend Our Juries protest in Tavistock Square for expressing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action.
- A recent police operation charged about 120 additional people, bringing the total number of suspects linked to support for the banned organisation to 254.
- Those charged are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court between November 29 and December 9.
- Palestine Action was proscribed in July under anti-terror laws, making membership or open support a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
- A similar demonstration in Belfast proceeded without intervention as PSNI officers observed, and co-founder Huda Ammori’s legal challenge to the proscription has a further hearing next week.