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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn, Diane Taylor and Pippa Crerar

Palestine Action: five arrested in England before protest against group’s ban

A woman holds a Palestinian flag in a group of people at a rally in Parliament Square, 9 August 2025: all figures are seen in silhouette in the sunshine against a clear, blue sky; Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are in the background.
The protest on Saturday will be the fifth outside parliament since Palestine Action was proscribed in early July. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

More than 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest this Saturday at a fresh protest against a ban on the group Palestine Action, as police detained five spokespeople for the event’s organisers.

Tim Crosland, a former government lawyer who is one of the co-founders of the Defend Our Juries group, was among those arrested hours before he was due to address a press conference on Tuesday.

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