UK police arrest at least 200 people in the protest of Palestine in London News protest

Critics say that the prohibition of the active group suffocates freedom of expression and gathering and aims to curb the demonstrations in support of Palestine.

Police in London says they arrested at least 200 people in protest to support the group The work of PalestineIt was classified as a “terrorist organization” by the British government last month.

Metropolitan police said on Saturday that 200 protesters were arrested in Parliament Square “to show support to a banned organization.”

The police force said in a former publication at X.

The arrests are the latest in a series of protests that condemn the government’s ban on Palestinian action, a step that critics say they say freedom of expression and the right to protest, as well as aim to rid the demonstrations against the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Under the Terrorism Law 2000, membership in or Group support It is now a criminal crime that is punishable by imprisonment for up to 14 years.

Sonia Galligo from the island from Parliament Square said on Saturday that the threat of arrest or punishment “did not deter any supporters” from the Palestinian work from expressing their support for the group.

“Simple thing like wearing a shirt saying:” I support Palestine, “said Galligo.

Before a protest on Saturday, more than 200 people were detained in a wave of demonstrations throughout the United Kingdom that condemns the ban since it came into effect in July.

More than 350 academics from all over the world signed an open speech this week, which are a “increasing campaign of collective challenge” against the decision of the Minister of Interior, Yafit Cooper, to ban Palestinian action.

The message read that the two positions “denounce the repressive consequences of this ban, and it is especially concerned about the possible impact of Cooper’s ban on universities throughout the UK and beyond,” as I read the message.

The Israeli historian and historian at the University of Exim Ilan Babti, Professor, Professor Eyal Weizmann, and political thinkers Michael Hart and Jacqueline Rose were among those who signed the letter.

Meanwhile, a separate march organized by the Palestine Alliance Group in London was held on Saturday.

The Capital Police said that one person was arrested in that march from Russell Square to Whitatol to display a banner to support Palestine.

Amnesty International in the United Kingdom condemned the arrest of peaceful demonstrators only because of its contracts, saying that such a measure is “a violation of international obligations in the United Kingdom to protect the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful gathering.”

Breaking: The Kokerz is now caught in Parliament Square because of his contract with signs that say, “I oppose genocide. I support the Palestinians to work.”

There are still hundreds here who collectively oppose collective genocide and an unfair prohibition of the direct work group. pic.twitter.com/ycfrv8vz4l

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Palestine has targeted increasing companies associated with Israel in the United Kingdom, and often spraying red paint or banning harmful entrances or equipment.

The group accuses the collusion government in the United Kingdom, while it says the crimes of the Israeli war in Gaza, where the bombing and Israel have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians since October 2023.

The British government issued the ban after the conduct of Palestine Stormed In June, the Airbus Voyager hurt, used to refuel.

Manal SidikiA spokesman for Palestine told the work, the island that the plane “can be used for fuel and used to supply Israeli combat aircraft.”

According to the group, the aircraft fly from the Bize Norton base to the British Air Force base in Cyprus for sending it to collect joint intelligence information with the Israeli government.