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UK police arrest 150 people at protest for Palestine Action



London’s Metropolitan Police Service said 150 people protesting against the government’s decision to ban the Palestine Action group have been arrested outside parliament.

Officers made arrests after a crowd waving placards expressing support for the group gathered in Parliament Square, the force said on X.


Yeah get those radicalized grannies off the street, wtf... Are we living in a Kafka novel.

Last month, British lawmakers proscribed Palestine Action as a “terrorist” group after it tried to stop the UK from arming Israel as it kills and starves Palestinians in Gaza.

The ban makes it a crime to be a member of the group, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. The cofounder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, last week won a bid to bring a legal challenge against the ban.


Police officers arrest a demonstrator in Parliament Square in London on August 9, 2025, during a rally challenging the British government’s proscription of Palestine Action under ‘antiterrorism’ laws

Protesters across Europe demand end to Israel’s war on Gaza

The European Palestinian Media Center has released footage of protests in several European cities denouncing Israel’s war on Gaza and the starvation of Palestinians.

Demonstrations were held in Germany’s Berlin; Norway’s Oslo; Stockholm and Helsingborg in Sweden; Amsterdam in the Netherlands; and Copenhagen and Aarhus in Denmark.

Participants in the protests chanted slogans demanding freedom for Palestinians, an end to the war and entry of aid into the besieged territory.


Hundreds of protesters rally at Beursplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands

More than 350 arrested at Palestine Action protest: London police

London’s Metropolitan Police say on X that “The operation in Parliament Square continues”.

“As of 6pm [5pm GMT], 365 people had been arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation”, it added.

The “proscribed organisation” in question is Palestine Action, a group banned by the country’s Parliament last month for allegedly undertaking a protest action that damaged two UK military aircraft.

Thousands gathered in London’s Parliament Square to protest the ban, for Palestine and for free speech rights.

UK has gone insane, Israel first. I applaud the people though, resisting fascism. Don't let your right to free speech get taken away like Americans are all too willing to give up.