Overview

• The government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation on July 4 under the Terrorism Act, criminalising membership and support with sentences of up to 14 years in prison.
• The High Court rejected an interim relief bid and the Court of Appeal upheld that decision less than two hours before enforcement began.
• Defend Our Juries organised second-wave demonstrations on July 12–13 in London, Manchester, Cardiff and Derry, resulting in 86 arrests nationwide.
• Police responses differed sharply by location, with no detentions in Kendal and Derry contrasting with mass arrests and extended custody in London and Cardiff.
• Civil liberties groups warn the inconsistent enforcement exposes legal disorder and jeopardises the right to peaceful protest.