Over 200 arrested as hundreds gather to defy Palestine Action ban in London
Some 500 people took part in the first mass #protest since the group's ban was found to be unlawful
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-arrested-hundreds-gather-defy-palestine-action-ban-london

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
11 April 2026

Over 200 people have been arrested central #London on Saturday at a mass demonstration opposing the #UK government’s proscription of the direct action group #PalestineAction.

Some 500 protesters set up camping chairs at the foot of the steps of Trafalgar Square, displaying handmade cardboard signs reading: “I oppose #genocide, I support #Palestine Action.”

The demonstrators were met with a heavy police presence, with vans lining the square hours before the vigil began.

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