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Palestine Action protesters arrested outside UK Labour Party conference

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More than 50 protesters were arrested by Merseyside Police outside a Labour Party conference in Liverpool for displaying material supporting Palestine Action, which was banned as a terrorist organization under the Terrorism Act in July 2025. Over 250 demonstrators protested with banners before police began making arrests after asking them to remove the signs. Amnesty International UK criticized the arrests, calling it an attack on freedom of speech. Since the group's ban, over 3,600 people have been arrested for showing support for Palestine Action.

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On Sunday during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool led by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, over 250 pro-Palestine protesters gathered to show support for Palestine Action, a group banned as "terrorist" since July 2025. The protest included demonstrators holding homemade banners reading “I support Palestine Action,” and chanting slogans like "free, free Palestine." Prominent figures such as Robert Del Naja from the band Massive Attack and 94-year-old human rights barrister Margaret Owen were among those arrested by police under the Terrorism Act for displaying banned group materials. Over 3,600 people have been arrested since the ban was implemented due to similar protests. Amnesty International UK’s chief executive Kerry Moscogiuri criticized the arrests as a "shameful attack on free speech," calling for reforms that protect communities' right to demonstrate peacefully.

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Kerry Moscogiuri, chief executive of Amnesty International UK, said protesting “is one of the most effective tools” to make government leaders listen and described the arrests as “a truly shameful attack on freedom of speech”. “The new prime minister can reform our laws so that communities are protected in coming together and demonstrating on the issues they care about.

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🔮 Will he do so?” she said.

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Palestine Action protesters arrested outside UK Labour Party conference · assertive framing

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Police in the United Kingdom have arrested more than 50 people protesting in support of the banned Palestine Action group outside a Labour Party conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool. asserted

Police → arrest → Liverpool

The local Merseyside Police confirmed the arrests in a statement published on Sunday. asserted

Police → confirm → Sunday

Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3UK Prime Minister vows not to ‘stand by’ as Palestinians suffer - list 2 of 3Pro-Palestine Action group to rally at Labour conference led by Burnham - list 3 of 3‘Stop arming Israel’: Pro-Palestine protesters march on Labour conference The police said those taken into custody at the protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, had displayed material in support of Palestine Action, proscribed as a “terrorist” group by the Labour government in July 2025 under the Terrorism Act. According to the statement, police respected the rights of people to protest lawfully while aiming to keep the peace and ensure the public are safe. uncertain

public → vow → peace

More than 250 protesters sat outside the conference centre holding banners with words supporting the group on Sunday, before dozens of police began making arrests. asserted

dozens → sit → arrests

After asking demonstrators if they were going to continue holding up the signs, officers led people away, telling them they had been arrested under the Terrorism Act. asserted

they → ask → Act

Reporting from Liverpool, Al Jazeera correspondent Milena Veselinovic said the protesters wanted to put proscription “front and centre of the UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s agenda” on the first day of his party’s annual conference. asserted

protesters → report → conference

“Being arrested is nothing in comparison to what the people in Gaza are going through, and it’s also worth it, because this is about our right to free speech,” one protester told Al Jazeera. asserted

protester → arrest → Jazeera

Another said that “there are priests, there are healthcare workers, there are people who deeply care, and deeply care about right and wrong.” asserted

who → say → right

they → say → issues

Will he do so?” she said. asserted

she → do → ?

Activists also confronted Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband inside a restaurant in Liverpool, demanding that he lift the ban on the group and declare Israel’s genocide in Gaza. asserted

he → confront → Gaza

The activists left after Miliband reportedly refused to comment. uncertain

Miliband → leave → ?

A civil disobedience campaign has emerged since Palestine Action was outlawed in July 2025, with more than 3,600 people arrested for showing their support for the group, often while holding signs reading, “I oppose genocide. asserted

I → emerge → genocide

I support Palestine Action.” asserted

I → support → Action