Overview

• Defend Our Juries says more than 1,500 people have pledged to risk arrest at Saturday’s Trafalgar Square protest challenging the ban on Palestine Action.
• Organisers say the event could set a UK record for arrests at a single civil disobedience action, framing the arrests as an abuse of counter-terror powers.
• The Metropolitan Police said 134 people have now been charged in London under section 13 of the Terrorism Act, warning that convictions could carry career and travel consequences.
• More than 1,600 people have been arrested since the proscription took effect on 5 July, largely for holding signs showing support for the group.
• Recent enforcement included 66 arrests outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, with two later released and the remainder released on bail.