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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Next UK protest over Palestine Action ban aims to sign up 1,000 people

Two police officers carry away a protester
Hundreds of people were arrested in London last Saturday for carrying placards saying: ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

The next mass protest against the ban on Palestine Action will aim to be twice the size of the last, organisers have said, as they increase pressure on the government to lift its proscription.

Last Saturday’s protest in Parliament Square was predicated on 500 people signing up but the next one, announced on Wednesday for 6 September in London, is conditional on 1,000 people agreeing to take part.

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