London police arrest 365 people as supportive demonstrators

British police said they 365 people arrested In central London on Saturday as supporters of A group supporting the recently banned Palestinian The law intentionally broke out as part of their efforts to force the government to reconsider the embargo.

In early July, Parliament passed a law prohibiting Palestine and making it a crime to publicly support the organization. This came after the activists Royal Air Force Base stormed And sabotage of two aircraft for tankers to protest against Britain’s support for Israel’s attack against Hamas In the Gaza Strip.

Supporters of the group, who held A series of protests All over the United Kingdom during the past month, it argues that the law illegally restricts freedom of expression.

The bold police to arrest them

More than 500 demonstrators filled the arena outside the role of Parliament on Saturday, where many bold police arrested them by offering signs of reading “I oppose genocide. I support the Palestinian work.” That was enough for the police to enter.

But when the demonstration began to go out, police organizers and protest erupted on the number of arrests as the organizers sought to show that the law is not applicable.

“The police were not only able to arrest a small portion of those who commit” terrorism “crimes, and most of them have obtained a sponsorship in the street and allowed them to return home,” she said in a statement. “This is a great embarrassment for (the government), which increases the credibility of this widely restored law, which was brought to punish those who suffer from government crimes.”

The Capital Police Service soon fell, saying that this was not true and that many of those who gathered in the square were spectators, media or people who did not carry banners supporting the group.

“We are confident that anyone who came to the Square of Parliament today to carry a sign, expressing its support for the effectiveness of Palestine, was arrested, or that he was arrested,” the police force said in a statement.

On Friday, the police said the demonstration was unusual in that the demonstrators wanted to arrest them in large numbers to put pressure on the police and the wider criminal justice system.

Why is the group banned?

The government moved to the prohibition of action Palestine after activists stormed a British air force in southern England on June 20 to protest the British military support for the Israeli war. Hamas. Activists sprayed the red paint in two vector engines at the British Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire and caused more damage with Crowbars.

Palestine had previously targeted Israeli defense and other sites in the United Kingdom who believed they had links to the Israeli army.

Supporters of the group are challenging the ban on court, saying that the government has gone far in declaring Palestinian action a terrorist organization.

“Once the meaning of” terrorism “is separated from the campaigns of violence against the civilian population, and extends to include those who cause economic damage or embarrassment to the wealthy, powerful and criminals, the right to freedom of expression has no sense, and democracy has died.”

A crowd weekend of protests

The arrests came outside Parliament amid what is expected to be a crowded weekend in London, where the war in Gaza and concerns about immigration were to stimulate protests and the baptized throughout the United Kingdom.

While Prime Minister Kiir Starmer angered Israel from plans to recognize a Palestinian state later this year, many Palestinian supporters in Britain criticize the government for not making enough to end the war in Gaza.

The protesters supporting the Palestinians gathered on Saturday afternoon in central London in a march that ended outside the doors of street No. 10 Downing, which is the official residence of the Prime Minister and its offices.

On Sunday, a number of groups are scheduled to walk through central London to demand the safe release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. The Palestinian militants have detained prisoners since the criticism of the attackers led by Hamas to Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. There are 50 hostages, with 20 of them He believes he is alive.

The police are also preparing for protests outside hotels throughout the country, which are used to accommodate asylum seekers. The demonstrators and the anti -anti -hotels have declined outside hotels in recent weeks, where some have said that immigrants were at risk to their societies and other anti -migrant racism.

The Commissioner Adelekan, Commissioner Adelekan, said that the size of the events will “press” on the police station.

“These will be a few days in particular crowded in London with many protests and simultaneous events that require a major presence in the police,” said Adelekan before the start of the protests.