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The Metropolitan Police said 325 people were arrested at Saturday’s Palestine Action support protest outside the US embassy in London, including 320 on suspicion of expressing support for a proscribed organisation.
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Police said 325 people were arrested at a Palestine Action support protest outside the US embassy in London on Saturday, with 320 detained for allegedly expressing support for a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act. The total was an increase on the 139 arrests reported by police on Saturday evening.
Hundreds gathered in Nine Elms, south-west London, on 31 October, many holding signs reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”. The Metropolitan Police announced the updated figures in a post on X on Sunday.
Palestine Action was proscribed in the UK in 2025. Expressing support for a proscribed organisation is an offence under the Terrorism Act. The protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, took place ahead of a Supreme Court appeal over the group’s proscription, due to be heard on 4 November.
The group said the arrests took the total number of people detained for defying the ban to more than 4,000 since July 2025. That figure is Defend Our Juries’ estimate.
At a separate protest outside the US consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday, Police Scotland said there were no arrests.
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