Police said on Saturday they had arrested 523 people at a protest in London's Trafalgar Square opposing Britain's banning of the Palestine Action group, APA reports citing Reuters.
London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that people were arrested for showing support for a "proscribed organisation".
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Police said on Saturday they had arrested 212 people at a protest in London's Trafalgar Square opposing Britain's banning of the Palestine Action group, APA reports citing Reuters.
The gathering was the first since London's High Court ruled in February that a ban designating the pro-Palestinian group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful. UK Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood has been granted approval to appeal the ruling.
During Saturday's demonstration, placard-holding protesters, some wearing black and white Palestinian scarves and waving Palestinian flags, sat on the ground or on camping chairs.
London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that they were "continuing to make arrests where people are showing support for a proscribed organisation".
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