London’s Metropolitan Police say at least 60 people will face prosecution for “showing support” for Palestine Action , the activist group outlawed as a “ terrorist organisation ” last month for protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Three others have already been charged.
“We have put arrangements in place that will enable us to investigate and prosecute significant numbers each week if necessary,” the force said in a statement on Friday.
Since the controversial ban on July 7, more than 700 people have been detained at peaceful protests, including 522 arrested at a protest last weekend for holding signs backing the group, believed to be the largest number of arrests at a single protest in the capital’s history.
Critics, including the United Nations , Amnesty International and Gre