{"id":58304,"date":"2026-04-11T13:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/london-police-arrest-more-than-200-at-protest-backing-banned-group-palestine-action\/11\/04\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:58:06","slug":"london-police-arrest-more-than-200-at-protest-backing-banned-group-palestine-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/london-police-arrest-more-than-200-at-protest-backing-banned-group-palestine-action\/11\/04\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"London police arrest more than 200 at protest backing banned group Palestine Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LONDON (AP) \u2014 London police arrested more than 200 people on Saturday during a protest against a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-palestine-action-high-court-2fbb7f5e2e090881193b9328323d2ec4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ban on the group Palestine Action;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ban on the group Palestine Action&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ban on the group Palestine Action<\/a> that the government has labeled a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Metropolitan Police said they had detained 212 protesters between the ages of 27 and 82 for supporting the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britain\u2019s High Court ruled in February that the government\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-palestine-action-protest-arrests-b6acca3f6e46cf0fd64ae11d413f5bd8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:outlaw the protest group;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;outlaw the protest group&quot;}\" class=\"link \">outlaw the protest group<\/a> as a terrorist organization was unlawful, but it kept the ban in place while the government appeals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police had warned in advance of the protest organized by the group Defend Our Juries that it would make arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hundreds gathered in Trafalgar Square to show their support for the group, with some holding signs reading, \u201cI oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Musician Robert Del Naja of the trip hop group Massive Attack said he held a sign in support of the group despite the possibility that an arrest could jeopardize his ability to travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI thought this is ridiculous and then the police making that U-turn to arrest people again, I thought that is even more ridiculous,&#8221; he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m going to hold a sign today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protesters yelled \u201cshame on you\u201d at police carrying away protesters and mocked them for arresting the elderly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYeah, she looks like a terrorist, doesn\u2019t she mate?&#8221; a woman yelled as police led a protester with a walking stick to a police van.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/london-police-arrest-more-200-172604539.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) &mdash; London police arrested more than 200 people on Saturday during a protest against a ban on the group Palestine<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/london-police-arrest-more-than-200-at-protest-backing-banned-group-palestine-action\/11\/04\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/AHe2Bh6jM.H46.5RyliekA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/36214ab4f9e9932baa71936adb60bebb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}