Proteste: Dutzende Festnahmen bei Demo für Palestine Action in England
Am Rande des Labour-Parteitags in Liverpool demonstrieren mehr als 250 Menschen gegen das Verbot der propalästinensischen Gruppe. Sie hoffen auf Unterstützung des neuen Premiers.
Police arrested over 50 individuals at a demonstration in Liverpool against the ban of the Palestine Action group, which took place on the periphery of the Labour Party's party conference. Some attendees displayed materials supporting the group, which is classified as a terrorist organization in Britain, according to the police.
More than 250 demonstrators gathered in front of the conference center where the Labour Party is set to convene until Wednesday. Many carried banners and signs with slogans such as "I support Palestine Action." Amnesty International condemned the arrests in a press release as "a shameful attack on freedom of expression." A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries, the organization that organized the protest, told PA that they had hoped new Prime Minister Andy Burnham would make the sensible decision to lift the ban on Palestine Action.
Maintaining the ban, they added, was "irrational, untenable and immoral" and wasted many resources. Palestine Action was classified as a terrorist group in early July 2025 after activists infiltrated a Royal Air Force airbase and painted aircraft of the Royal Air Force with paint. However, the High Court ruled in February that the ban on the group was unlawful under terrorism laws.
The ban remained in place for now, pending possible appeal. In June, a court of appeal decided that the ban was legal, describing it as a "justified and proportionate" restriction on freedom of expression, according to PA news agency.
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