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Omaha Steve

(106,600 posts) Sat Jul 5, 2025, 12:38 PM Jul 5

More than 20 arrests at protest in support of Palestine Action after UK ban comes into effect [View all]

Source: AP

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 10:33 AM CDT, July 5, 2025

LONDON (AP) — More than 20 people were arrested Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offenses after protesters gathered in central London in support of Palestine Action.

The protest in Parliament Square came hours after the pro-Palestinian activist group was banned in Britain under anti-terrorism laws.

The group lost a last-minute court battle late Friday seeking to block the British government’s ban, which came into effect at midnight. Activists and their supporters have said the group is non-violent and advocates civil disobedience, and condemned the government decision as authoritarian.

A small group of protesters stood beneath a statue of Mahatma Gandhi and held placards reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uk-palestine-action-ban-protest-arrests-f28c64c0765cdfd136be82b7a815ed6b

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More than 20 arrests at protest in support of Palestine Action after UK ban comes into effect [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 5 OP

Maybe breaking in to the RAF base & spraying red paint into the engines of $300 million planes was a bad idea? EX500rider Jul 5 #1

Oh yes, property damage is terrorism, but starving and incinerating babies is not. AloeVera Jul 5 #2

Really sucks that Hamas started all this, huh? cabotnn22 Jul 5 #5

"Activists and their supporters have said the group is non-violent and advocates civil disobedience" Beastly Boy Jul 5 #3

They'd be shot dead by the IDF or GHF mercenaries... AloeVera Jul 5 #4

More likely they'd be shot by Hamas cabotnn22 Jul 5 #6

How do you propose your mutually exclusive speculations could possibly take place? Beastly Boy Jul 5 #7

Now you think fences are people too? AloeVera Jul 5 #9

Again... What? Beastly Boy Jul 5 #10

And if everyone reads the full Britannica article, it's clear it restricts violence to acts against people muriel_volestrangler Jul 6 #11

Only if everyone READS the full Britannica article, not READS INTO it. Beastly Boy Jul 6 #12

"way outside the topic"? The topic is the UK government making support for Palestine Action a criminal offence muriel_volestrangler Jul 6 #13

It takes an act of violence to vandalise anything. Vandalism, including vandalising military equipment IS violent. Beastly Boy Jul 6 #14

I think the UK is really stretching the terrorism label AZProgressive Jul 5 #8

However they sprayed the paint into the engines EX500rider Jul 6 #15