LONDON (AP) — Police in London have arrested some 150 people after demonstrators intentionally violated a new law banning support for a pro-Palestinian group because they say the legislation improperly restricts freedom of expression.

London’s Metropolitan Police posted in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter that officers are steadily working through the crowd making further arrests.

Backers of Palestine Action have staged a series of protests across the U.K. since early July, when Parliament outlawed the group and prohibited anyone from publicly showing support for it. Lawmakers banned the group as a terrorist organization after activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and vandalized two tanker aircraft.

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