Protester’s ‘I support genocide’ sign appears to face no police action
A woman held a sign saying ‘I support genocide’ at a London protest against the proscription of Palestine Action, without appearing to face arrest. That’s because holding a sign expressing support for genocide is not, in itself, grounds for arrest under UK law.
More than 300 people have been arrested during a protest supporting the banned Palestine Action group outside the US embassy, police have said. Hundreds of people gathered at Nine Elms in London on Saturday, with many holding signs reading phrases such as: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action group Police have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action. In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for allegedly expressing support for an organisation banned under the Terrorism Act.
British police on Sunday said they had arrested 325 people at a London protest in support of Palestine Action the previous day, ahead of a court appeal over the government’s contentious ban of the group. Demonstrators staged a “mass action” outside the US embassy ahead of the Supreme Court holding a two-day hearing from Wednesday on the UK government’s July 2025 decision to outlaw Palestine Action under anti-terror legislation.
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