Supporters of banned Palestine Action group arrested at London protest

More than 25 protesters person been detained by constabulary a time aft the activistic radical was banned successful the UK.

Police person arrested protesters successful London for supporting activistic radical Palestine Action, which was banned astatine midnight successful the United Kingdom.

“Officers person arrested much than 20 radical connected suspicion of offences nether the Terrorism Act 2000. They person been taken into custody. Palestine Action is simply a proscribed radical and officers volition enactment wherever transgression offences are committed,” the Metropolitan Police wrote connected X connected Saturday.

Campaign radical Defend Our Juries said successful a property merchandise that 27 people, including a clergyman and a fig of wellness professionals, had been arrested for offences nether the Terrorism Act.

They were holding cardboard signs, saying: “I reason genocide. I enactment Palestine Action.”

Passersby reacted to the arrests arsenic the constabulary intervened successful the objection astatine noon.

“Met Police, you are puppets of the Zionist state” and “leave them alone”, they were quoted arsenic shouting by the Press Association, the British quality agency.

Other supporters, not straight progressive successful the Palestine Action protest, shouted: “Who bash you protect? Who bash you serve?” and “British constabulary disconnected our streets.”

There were further chants of “From the stream to the sea, Palestine volition beryllium free” during the incident.

The ban

Police warned connected Friday that expressing enactment for Palestine Action would beryllium a transgression offence aft the ban kicked successful astatine midnight.

“This includes chanting, wearing covering oregon displaying articles specified arsenic flags, signs oregon logos,” said the force.

A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries said: “We commend the Counter Terrorism constabulary for their decisive enactment successful protecting the radical of London from immoderate cardboard signs opposing the genocide successful Gaza and expressing enactment for those taking enactment to forestall it.”

The proscription cleared parliament connected Thursday, with a tribunal situation to effort to halt it becoming instrumentality failing connected Friday.

The authorities announced past week it would prohibition Palestine Action nether the Terrorism Act 2000, days aft activists from the radical broke into an aerial unit basal successful confederate England.

Two craft astatine the basal were sprayed with reddish paint, causing an estimated 7 cardinal pounds ($9.55m) successful damage.

Four Palestine Action activists were remanded successful custody connected Thursday aft appearing successful tribunal implicit the incident.

Palestine Action has condemned the proscription arsenic an onslaught connected escaped speech.

The prohibition volition marque it a transgression offence to beryllium to oregon enactment the group, punishable by up to 14 years successful prison.

A Palestine Action activistic speaks to supporters and members of the media connected Friday [Benjamin Cremel/AFP]