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Over 500 ready to risk arrest to protest #PalestineAction ban on Saturday

Organisers say unprecedented numbers will test the Metropolitan Police's pledge to arrest everyone supporting the banned group

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Katherine Hearst
Published date: 8 August 2025 16:39 BST

Last update 12:10 EDT

Campaign group #DefendOurJuries (#DOJ) is organising the protest on Saturday in Parliament Square to demand the reversal of the group’s proscription, saying that the protest would only go ahead if at least 500 people committed to joining.As of Monday evening, the group said that as many as 1,000 people had signed up, confirming on Tuesday that it would go ahead.The protest will involve participants holding cardboard signs reading: “I oppose genocide. I support #Palestine Action.”