More than 300 people have been arrested outside the US embassy in London for backing the banned Palestine Action group
"I support Palestine Action!" ️️️️48 people were arrested at a solidarity demonstration with Palestine Action held outside the US Embassy in London, in a picture posted on X by Yeni Demokrasi Gazetesi.Palestine Action supporters detained by Metropolitan Police officers outside the US Embassy in London, days before a Supreme Court hearing on 4 November that will challenge the group's proscription as a terrorist organisation.
Organiser Defend Our Juries confirmed arrests surpassed 300 by Sunday morning, with police continuing to detain protesters who had gathered on Nine Elms Lane in Battersea. Supporting Palestine Action has been a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act since the group was proscribed in June 2025, and over 4,000 people have been arrested for backing it since the ban took effect. Officers moved in shortly after 12.30pm on Saturday, sometimes carrying protesters who refused to walk to waiting vans.
Met Commander Adam Slonecki said demonstrators were 'essentially meeting to purposefully commit a crime' as he led a robust policing operation.
A Supreme Court appeal against Palestine Action's proscription is due to be heard on 4 November, days after the mass arrests.
Retired Cumbrian lawyer Charles Allison, 75, who travelled nearly 300 miles to attend, said he feared for civil liberties 'being devalued by this Labour Government.'
