London’s Metropolitan Police arrested 523 people at a protest in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, as demonstrators gathered to oppose Britain’s ban on the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action.
The protest was the first major public gathering since London’s High Court ruled in February that the ban — which designates Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation — was unlawful. However, UK Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood has been granted approval to appeal that ruling.
Police said on X (formerly Twitter) that those arrested were detained for “showing support for a proscribed organisation.”
Palestine Action is a pro-Palestinian activist group that accuses Britain’s government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Source: Reuters
