Watch as police detain demonstrators during a protest against the terror ban of the group Palestine Action. (9 August) Footage shared by Labour MP for Hayes & Harlington John McDonnell captures officers carrying a demonstrator into a police van in Parliament Square. “People are being arrested for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action. It’s a disgrace that people are being arrested for upholding our democratic rights,” McDonnell wrote. The government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group, which makes it an offence to hold up a sign or wear a t-shirt in support of the group , is currently being challenged in the High Court.

Two women and a man were arrested following a protest in central London on July 5, the Metropolitan Police said.

LONDON: Amnesty International has warned London’s Metropolitan Police to avoid arresting protesters who show support for the banned group Palestine Action, The Guardian reported.…

Demonstrators are campaigning to lift the terror ban on protest group Palestine Action