Overview

• Metropolitan Police confirmed charges against 64 people for expressing support for Palestine Action at July protests in central London, with 67 charged in total from more than 700 arrests since the ban took effect.
• All defendants are accused under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for displaying or indicating support for a proscribed organisation, an offence that carries a maximum six‑month prison term.
• Court appearances are set across October at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, and police say further case files are being assessed by the CPS for possible prosecutions.
• The UK government proscribed Palestine Action in July after the group claimed responsibility for damaging aircraft at RAF Brize Norton and was linked by police to an alleged serious assault in South Gloucestershire.
• A High Court judicial review of the proscription brought by co‑founder Huda Ammori is pending this autumn, as UN experts and a leaked JTAC assessment question whether most of the group’s actions meet terrorism thresholds.