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Scores Arrested in Second Weekend of Pro-Palestine Action Protests

Campaigners coordinated by Defend Our Juries held silent sit-ins across major cities following the courts’ decision to uphold the group’s terrorist designation.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 12: Metropolitan Police officers surround a demonstration against Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist organisation, before arresting the in Parliament Square on July 12, 2025 in London, England. This protest is the second held by pro-Palestinian groups since the UK Parliament's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group. Yesterday, the UN Human Rights Office announced that 798 people have been killed while trying to access aid in Gaza since the end of May. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • More than 110 supporters have been arrested nationwide since July 4 for expressing support under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
  • Metropolitan Police detained 42 people at Parliament Square in London for silently holding signs reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
  • Greater Manchester Police and South Wales Police arrested 16 and 13 demonstrators respectively at St Peter’s Square in Manchester and Central Square in Cardiff.
  • An independently organised rally in Derry joined the coordinated protests in four cities demanding the ban on Palestine Action be reversed.
  • UN special rapporteurs, multiple NGOs and hundreds of lawyers have criticised proscribing nonviolent direct action as a dangerous expansion of terrorism powers.