Overview
- Defend Our Juries launched coordinated UK demonstrations featuring signs declaring support for Palestine Action, which organisers acknowledge could prompt arrests under terrorism laws.
- Nottingham’s city‑centre protest drew dozens, remained largely peaceful and saw a significant police presence with evidence‑gathering teams deployed.
- Nottinghamshire Police warned that expressing support for a proscribed organisation, including via placards, is a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 and could lead to arrest.
- Palestine Action was banned in July after activists breached RAF Brize Norton and allegedly caused about £7 million in damage to two military aircraft.
- Recent reporting cites almost 2,000 arrests and 170 charges at solidarity events nationwide, as an independent review urged narrowing the legal definition of terrorism to avoid criminalising legitimate protest.