Greater than 25 protesters have been detained by police a day after the activist group was banned within the UK.
Police have arrested protesters in London for supporting activist group Palestine Action, which was banned at midnight in the UK.
“Officers have arrested greater than 20 individuals on suspicion of offences below the Terrorism Act 2000. They’ve been taken into custody. Palestine Motion is a proscribed group and officers will act the place felony offences are dedicated,” the Metropolitan Police wrote on X on Saturday.
Marketing campaign group Defend Our Juries mentioned in a press launch that 27 individuals, together with a priest and quite a few well being professionals, had been arrested for offences below the Terrorism Act.
They had been holding cardboard indicators, saying: “I oppose genocide. I assist Palestine Motion.”
Passersby reacted to the arrests because the police intervened within the demonstration at midday.
“Met Police, you might be puppets of the Zionist state” and “go away them alone”, they had been quoted as shouting by the Press Affiliation, the British information company.
Different supporters, indirectly concerned within the Palestine Motion protest, shouted: “Who do you shield? Who do you serve?” and “British police off our streets.”
There have been additional chants of “From the river to the ocean, Palestine will likely be free” throughout the incident.
The ban
Police warned on Friday that expressing assist for Palestine Motion could be a felony offence after the ban kicked in at midnight.
“This consists of chanting, sporting clothes or displaying articles reminiscent of flags, indicators or logos,” mentioned the power.
A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries mentioned: “We commend the Counter Terrorism police for his or her decisive motion in defending the individuals of London from some cardboard indicators opposing the genocide in Gaza and expressing assist for these taking motion to forestall it.”
The proscription cleared parliament on Thursday, with a court docket problem to attempt to cease it turning into regulation failing on Friday.
The federal government introduced final week it will ban Palestine Motion below the Terrorism Act 2000, days after activists from the group broke into an air power base in southern England.
Two plane on the base had been sprayed with crimson paint, inflicting an estimated 7 million kilos ($9.55m) in injury.
4 Palestine Motion activists had been remanded in custody on Thursday after showing in court docket over the incident.
Palestine Motion has condemned the proscription as an assault on free speech.
The ban will make it a felony offence to belong to or assist the group, punishable by as much as 14 years in jail.
