"It's really important to continue to show up. It's important that we all continue to oppose genocide. The government might flip-flop in their legal argument, but the morals of these people do not change."
"Defend Our Juries, the protest organisers, stated hundreds of people participated to oppose the UK Government's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza and the misguided crackdown on peaceful protest at home."
"Amnesty International UK condemned the arrests as yet another blow to civil liberties, noting that the police force had gone back to its old, failed policy."
More than 500 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in Trafalgar Square during a sit-down demonstration organized by Palestine Action. The Metropolitan Police confirmed 523 arrests, with participants aged 18 to 87. Palestine Action was designated a terrorist organization in July, but the High Court overturned this ban in February, citing free speech concerns. Despite this, the government has appealed the ruling. Protesters expressed the importance of opposing genocide and criticized the government's actions as complicity in Israel's actions in Gaza. Amnesty International UK condemned the arrests as a violation of civil liberties.
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