“Be ashamed.” More than 400 detained for terrorism in protest to support Palestinian action in London

The Metropolitan Police of London announced the detention on Saturday of more than 400 people in the capital of the United Kingdom, during a support action to the Palestinian Action Group, considered illegal by the British authorities.

The police authorities had promised to stop anyone who explicitly supported the movement, that the Parliament classified as a terrorist organization In early July, after vandalism, including an air base.

Still, Saturday’s demonstration gathered hundreds of people In front of the British Parliament Square in Westminster, according to the Associated Press news agency.

Police said most detainees are suspected of supporting a banned organization while more than 25 will have tried to assault police officers.

“Our agents were beaten, spit and target of objects Thrown by protesters, ”said the coordinator of the police operation, Claire Smart, who condemned the level of violence, which she described as intolerable.

Police said they had highlighted more than 2500 police to follow a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations throughout the day, including a support march that, according to police estimates, attracted more than 20 thousand people.

The protest took place simultaneously in the cities of Belfast (capital of Northern Ireland) and Edinburgh (capital of Scotland), according to British television Sky News.

More than 800 people were arrested in previous similar protests, 138 of which were indicted under the law of terrorism.

In July, members of Palestinian action invaded a base of the Royal Air Force and vandalized two military aircraft With red paint, in protest against the support of London to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. The British government then decided to declare

Four people were accused and placed in pre -trial detention Under the incident, on which an emergency appeal was filed to the London Superior Court, which refused to suspend the ban on the group.

The Palestinian Action disputes illegalizationclaiming to be a peaceful organization of protest.

A spokesman for the Defend Our Juries Civil Rights Group states what the growth of protests shows that the group’s prescription as a terrorist is “impossible to apply and a scandalous waste of our resources.” “Yvette Cooper launched the greater attack on civil liberties that there is memory And the shot has come out through the Culatra spectacularly, Yvette Cooper is no longer an interior minister, the ban must go with her, ”he said, referring to the recent dismissal of the vice-minister.

“Anti -terrorism laws were not elaborated to be used against a national protest group, or to arrest thousands of people in civil society for having cardboard posters“, He argues, referring to the arrests of protesters who simply have posters where they say they support Palestinian action.

Protesters They still shouted “be ashamed” Against the police when the agents took two elderly in mobility scooters.

“I am here because I oppose genocide and I also oppose the government’s excesses by prohibiting Palestinian action. They have downgraded the level of what is considered terrorism and almost made it meaningless“Steve Masters, a 55 -year -old Protestant said.

The co -founder of the Palestinian Action Movement, Huda Ammori, obtained a permission to contest the prohibition of the movement in court. An audience is scheduled for November.

United Nations Experts and Human Rights Defense Organizations criticized London’s decision, arguing that “simple material damage, without endangering the lives of others, They are not serious enough to be considered terrorism“.