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  BREAKING: The Met Police say 139 people have been arrested during a protest in support of Palestine Action outside the US embassy in London. https://t.co/XGWn8M3GZ4 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

  @SkyNewsX7d ago310▲view on X ↗
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  London police say that dozens of people have been arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action.

  apnews.comBluesky7d ago179▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  The arrests of peaceful protestors demonstrating against the proscription of Palestine Action continued in London today; The problem is now that the Met. have decided Sarah Helm's post did not meet the criteria for police action, others are using that form of wording (although as pointed out previously the thresholds for on-line & public…

  ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.ukMastodon8d ago34▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  I agree that it doesn't feel like terrorism - but it definitely does fit a number of the criteria (not withstanding the sledgehammer attack). I think the official statement when they were proscribed is worth a read: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-06-23/hcws729 Specifically, During Palestine Action’s…

  Sea-Sprinkles-3420r/europe3d agoview on r/europe ↗
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  Some people still don't get it: This is no longer about a bunch of radicals who took direct action protest too far and forgot the "non violent" bit. This is about the right to protest: an age old cultural right that goes back to pre-Roman times in Britain. Many have died to defend that right.

  andyscollick.bsky.socialBluesky7d ago169▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  Fundamentally, the Establishment is trying to decide whether voters will hold their nose and ignore ‘vicars and grannies’ being arrested for terrorism for just holding a bit of paper protesting against genocide carried out by Israel against Palestinians…or whether we are on the cusp of mass civil unrest and the whole house of cards crumbling…

  JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.socialMastodon6d ago16▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  But you do. But the export licenses are secret as made clear by Bryant's response to Stainbank's question. Bryant said: We suspended export licences for Israel where these relate to items for use in military operations in Gaza. This includes licences for components for fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones, naval systems and targeting…

  impossibleforkr/ukpolitics6d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
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  138 elderly ladies and a late middle-aged vicar arrested. I feel safer already. 1

  boothbygraffoe.bsky.socialBluesky7d ago111▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  Metropolitan Police carry out mass arrests outside the US Embassy in London as hundreds gather holding signs opposing genocide and supporting Palestine Action, with officers detaining people even for blank placards. # Israel # Palestine # Gaza # Genocide

  QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.netMastodon8d ago11▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  You don't think the government feels embarassed about the police arresting hundreds of pensioners every other week? These laws were designed to combat terrorists, not your nan down the road or your local retired vicar. Yvette Cooper is clearly embarrassed about it, and was visibly so at the Labour party conference when journalists asked her about…

  360_face_palmr/ukpolitics7d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
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  bbc.com/news/article... What a total waste of taxpayers money. FFS Burnham stop supporting Genocide.

  christhecatsmum.bsky.socialBluesky5d ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  "The # MetPolice said on Sunday that 325 arrests were made, 320 of them for "expressing support for a proscribed organisation under the # Terrorism Act". At least 4,000 arrests have been made in relation to # PalestineAction , which was proscribed in July 2025." " # DefendOurJuries said the number of people detained this weekend took the total…

  PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.ukMastodon6d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  Because Israel doesn't care about our protests as long as it doesn't threaten their material support. Protesting Israel wouldn't do anything, they already know most people are against them. What's important to them is that it doesn't translate to them losing support from the US and to an extent Europe.

  gutpirater/europe4d agoview on r/europe ↗
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  Fearless Met officers are bravely arresting pensioners again... https://www. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/o ct/31/protest-against-palestine-action-ban-outside-us-embassy-in-london

  wood5y@mastodonapp.ukMastodon8d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  What exactly is a march to "make energy prices cheaper" supposed to do? Everyone already universally agrees that cost of living should go down, and politicians make their best attempt to do so to appease everyone. You may as well go on a march to convince everyone that getting cancer is bad.

  BurginChurgin92r/ukpolitics7d agoview on r/ukpolitics ↗
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  "In September, when quizzed by LBC radio’s Andrew Marr about the “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for holding placards allegedly supporting Palestine Action, the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, said: “I don’t think anyone’s intent was to have those people criminalised."" That's one of the drawbacks of knee-jerk…

  wood5y@mastodonapp.ukMastodon7d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  No such thing as a blank check just because you claim to have “rule of law”. Especially when people are explicitly protesting the incorrect application of this “rule of law”.

  IguanaIsBackr/europe2d agoview on r/europe ↗
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  🇬🇧 Dozens arrested outside #US #Embassy in #London for supporting outlawed pro- #Palestinian group https://apnews.com/article/uk-palestine-action-us-embassy-protest-arrests-181ab108a671bcabf5433863608949bc Dozens of people were arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London on Saturday in support of the proscribed group Palestine…

  dromografos@social.dromografos.reportMastodon8d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Oh, I don't. There's a big Israeli bot push to dominate social media and public opinion. Going by the recent midterms in the US, it's not going so well..

  wowsomuchemptyr/europe3d agoview on r/europe ↗
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  UK Police are still arresting old people for holding little cardboard signs opposing genocide. So far they've taken more than 4,000 of these lawless pensioners off the streets. The old people face up to 14 years in prison under 'terrorism' laws. I'd hoped that Burnham might have overturned this waste of police resources, but no. Opposing genocide…

  BobLefridge@mastodon.nzMastodon7d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  There are American dollars in Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights and Southern Lebanon.

  Total_Sale5857r/europe4d agoview on r/europe ↗
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  And the arrests around the proscription of Palestine Acton have now topped 4,000; with over 300 today in London. Even as the Needy Disappointer doubles down on the proscription, the case heads back to Court this week, and Yvette Cooper's anti-democratic move continues to undermine claims the Labour Party supports of democracy. If protest is…

  ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.ukMastodon6d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  "Police have arrested at least 139 people after protesters defied a warning not to attend a rally in London against the proscription of Palestine Action, which is classified as a 'terrorist' organisation under United Kingdom law." https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/31/ london-police-arrest-48-as-hundreds-protest-palestine-action-ban #…

  susurros@kolektiva.socialMastodon7d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  https://www. europesays.com/3344709/ London police arrest 139 as hundreds protest Palestine Action ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News # Censorship # CivilRights # Europe # FreedomOfThePress # HumanRights # IsraelPalestineConflict # News # news /analysis # Opinions # police # Politics # protests # UnitedKingdom # UnitedStates # US &Canada # world…

  europesays@pubeurope.comMastodon7d agoview on Mastodon ↗