Overview

• The Metropolitan Police arrested 522 people at Parliament Square by Sunday afternoon for holding placards supporting Palestine Action, with most released on bail barring further demonstrations.
• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 after security assessments linked the group to violent attacks and extensive damage at RAF Brize Norton.
• The designation makes membership or public support a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison, marking the first use of terror legislation against a nonviolent direct-action group.
• The United Nations and NGOs including Amnesty International and Greenpeace have condemned the proscription and mass arrests as disproportionate and a threat to free-speech and assembly rights.
• Defend Our Juries has vowed to continue coordinating sit-ins while awaiting a High Court–approved judicial review of the proscription set for November.