The British Metropolitan Police on Saturday arrested 523 People for supporting Palestine Action, a banned organization. Those arrested were between 18 and 87 years old.
Hundreds On Saturday, people gathered in Trafalgar Square to peacefully protest against the UN’s continued designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization UK Terrorism Act 2000. From 1 p.m., demonstrators arrived in the plaza, where they sat in silence and held signs showing their support for the organization. According to Defend Our Juries, the event’s organizers, the arrests began shortly after it began. The arrest of an elderly pensioner was the first arrest of the day. The police in the early evening specified that Trafalgar Square had been evacuated.
Defend our jury planned The demonstration called for the lifting of the Palestine Action ban and for the British government to declare the Israeli attack on the Palestinian people as genocide. In its statement in preparation for the event, Defend Our Juries drew attention to the nearly 3,000 people arrested so far for holding signs expressing support for the Palestine Action and reiterated that the Supreme Court had declared the ban unlawful.
The government of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer classified Palestine Action as a terrorist organization in July 2025. Section 1(b) The UK Terrorism Act 2000 defines terrorism as an act that causes serious damage to property. Parliament can classify a group as a terrorist organization Section 3 the offense of participating in or glorifying terrorist acts.
In February, the UK Supreme Court governed that the Minister of the Interior acted unlawfully by classifying Palestine Action as a terrorist organization and ordered the decision to be repealed. The Supreme Court ruled that the ban on the group’s activities should be lifted, leading to a judgment from the Metropolitan Police Stop arrests. At the end of February, however, the Interior Minister approved file an appeal The decision and the earlier decision to lift the ban were suspended. Once the appeal was upheld, the ban on the Palestine action effectively reinstated.
Saturday’s arrests bring the total number of people arrested for supporting Palestine to more than 3,000. In August 2025 there were 466 demonstrators arrested at a protest in Westminster, Concerns about drawing from rights groups. More than 500 of the more than 3,000 people arrested were charged Section 13 of the Terrorism Act.
Defend our jury is an organization whose mission is to draw public attention to attempts to undermine the jury process, raise awareness that juries have the moral right to acquit people, and ensure that all defendants have the opportunity to explain the motivation behind their actions.
