The group was banned final month after its members broke into an airbase and vandalized two navy planes
Greater than 70 folks had been arrested throughout the UK on Saturday on suspicion of supporting the activist group Palestine Motion, which was not too long ago designated a terrorist group.
The Metropolitan Police stated 41 folks had been arrested in London, the place protesters gathered in Parliament Sq. to show towards Israel’s battle in Gaza. Some held indicators studying “I oppose genocide, I help Palestine Motion.” Arrests had been additionally made in Manchester, Cardiff and Leeds.
It has been unlawful to be a member of Palestine Motion or to point out help for the group since Saturday, when the brand new designation got here into impact.
On Friday, the Excessive Court docket rejected an try by the group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, to droop the ban. Ammori’s lawyer, Raza Husain, known as the choice “an ill-considered, discriminatory and authoritarian abuse of statutory energy.”
HAPPENING NOW: Aged man arrested by police for holding signal which learn “I oppose genocide. I help Palestine Motion”46 arrested in complete in London, extra arrests taking place now in Manchester and Cardiff pic.twitter.com/DOVtrbExB1
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Parliament voted to crack down on the pro-Palestinian group after its activists broke into the Royal Air Pressure base at Brize Norton in central England in June and sprayed purple paint on two navy planes used for refueling and transport. The activists claimed on the time that the plane supported surveillance flights “in help of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.”
Greater than 57,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its navy operation in response to the lethal Hamas assault on October 7, 2023.
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