UK police arrest backers of banned Palestine Action
Authorities said that the British police arrested more than 20 people on suspicion of terrorism crimes after they supported the newly banned Palestinian Action Group in London.
The government banned Palestinian action last month after the activists had damaged two planes to protest against what the group had entered a royal Air Force Base and said that the group said that the United Kingdom was supported by Israel.
The campaign late on Friday, the parliament made an urgent objection against the decision to ban as a terrorist organization, and the ban entered into force from midnight.
In accordance with the British laws, it can be punished with imprisonment and/or fine of up to 14 years, inviting crimes, expressing approval, or exhibiting symbols of a prohibited group.
British, Hamas, Al-Qaeda and ISIS, such as the Anti-Terrorist laws, 81 groups banned.
On Saturday, supporters gathered in the Parliament Square in Westminster, some holding banners saying “I oppose the genocide. I support Palestinian action.”
When the Sky News images shouted their support, the Indian independence hero in the square showed that Mahatma Gandhi was taken from the statue of Gandhi to handcuffs.
The United Nations experts accused Israel of taking “genocide actions” against the Palestinians in the clash in the Gaza Strip after the militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
Israel has repeatedly rejected such charges.
The Palestinian action targeted Israeli -related companies in the UK in their protests, and Interior Minister Yette Cooper said that violence and criminal damage had no place in a legitimate protest and that the group’s activities justified prohibition.
Some United Nations experts and civil freedom groups, including critics, argued that damage does not mean terrorism.
In another protest on Saturday, the police arrested five pro -child protesters from the Youth demand group, which took a red paint on a truck at the pride parade of London and glued themselves to the vehicle.
The parade ceremony has started again since then.
