Why Supporting Palestine Action Could Land You in a British Jail
10 September - 24 minsA Banksy mural appeared outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice this week, depicting a judge in full wig, striking down a protester with his gavel. It arrived just days after almost 900 people were arrested at a demonstration supporting Palestine Action, the group proscribed by the UK government in July as a terrorist organisation.
The scale of the crackdown is extraordinary. On 7 September 2025, the Metropolitan Police made 890 arrests, 857 of them under anti-terror laws. Peaceful protesters, many older adults in their 60s and 70s, were handcuffed and hauled away. Amnesty observers say the protest was overwhelmingly peaceful, yet Britain’s terror legislation is now being used to silence...
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