In London, the police intervened against Palestine Action demonstrators. The ban on the group as a terrorist organization has triggered the tension and the amount of detainees.
Police detained dozens of people during the demonstration to support Palestine Action, activists said. This occurred a week after the ban on this group has entered into force in Britain, TASR reports according to AFP report.
“Metropolitan police today … has detained more than 40 people on the Parliament Square Square for holding banners with inscriptions contradictory genocide and supporting Palestine Action,” said the activist spokesman Defend Our Juries, which organized the assemblies.
Police intervention
The shots show how the police intervene against a small group of demonstrators. The detained persons seem to have not relied on any resistance, writes AFP. The metropolitan police on the X platform confirmed that there were several detention in response to the protest. One of the police officers said that 46 people were detained for crimes related mainly to the Terrorism Act, the British news agency Press Association (PA) reported.
AP brings the label Palestine Action as a terrorist group on the basis of a 2000 Act, it also means that its support also its support is a criminal offense for which up to 14-year imprisonment.
Protest against the support of Israel
The government decided for the ban – which subsequently withdrawn Parliament – after the activists from this group entered the 20th June on Brize Norton Air Base in Central England and damaged two aircraft of the British Air Force (RAF) type Airbus Voyager. The group claims that this protested against the continuing military support of Israel by the British government. According to the police, the Group caused damage for about seven million pounds (€ 8.1 million). In connection with the case, they detained and will prosecute four people aged 22 to 35 years.
