Police detain London demonstrators supporting banned pro-Palestinian group

Описание: (6 Sep 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
London - 6 September 2025
1. Wide of pro-Palestine demonstrators outside British Parliament
2. Mid of demonstrators and police, UPSOUND (English): "Shame on you!"
3. Mid of Palestinian flag, UPSOUND (English): "Shame on you!"
4. Pan of crowd, UPSOUND (English): "Justice for genocide. Met Police, shame shame. Genocide in your name. Met Police, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide."
5. Mid of crowd outside parliament, UPSOUND (English): "Met Police shame on you. Your hands are bloody too."
6. Pan of police behind cordon
7. Various of police and demonstrators facing off, pushing
8. Mid of man under arrest
9. Various of police carrying out demonstrators under arrest
10. Pan of crowd chanting and waving Palestinian flags
11. Police arresting elderly woman
12. Wide pan of crowd at demonstration
STORYLINE:
British police scuffled with protesters outside Parliament on Saturday as they arrested scores of demonstrators who gathered to defy a ban on the group Palestine Action, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the government.

Defend Our Juries, the campaign group organizing the protest, said 1,500 people were taking part in the London demonstration, holding signs reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”

Within minutes, police began arresting the demonstrators, as bystanders chanted “Shame on you” and “Met Police, pick a side, justice or genocide.”

There were some scuffles and angry exchanges as officers dragged away demonstrators who went limp as they were removed from the crowd.

“Expressing support for a proscribed organization is a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act,” the Metropolitan Police force said on social media.

“Where our officers see offences, we will make arrests.”

It was a slow process, with officers arresting about 150 people after several hours, including an unspecified number for assault.

Hundreds of other demonstrators remained sitting in the square.

More than 700 people were arrested at earlier protests, and 138 have been charged under the Terrorism Act.

The government proscribed Palestine Action in July after activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and vandalized planes to protest against what they called Britain’s support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

The activists sprayed red paint into the engines of two tanker planes and caused further damage with crowbars.

Proscription made it a crime to publicly support the organization.

Membership of, or support for, the group is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Palestine Action has carried out direct action protests in the U.K. since it formed in 2020, including breaking into facilities owned by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems UK, and has targeted other sites in Britain that participants believe have links with the Israeli military.

The group has targeted defence companies and national infrastructure, and officials say their actions have caused millions of pounds in damage that affect national security.

Palestine Action has won approval from the High Court to challenge the ban, a ruling the government is seeking to overturn.

The case is ongoing, with a hearing scheduled for September 25.

AP video by Joanna Chan

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