21 h. ago Police clampdown on Palestine Action sees more than 100 people arrested nationwide

Rallies (pictured) were also held in Edinburgh and Truro today to protest the proscription of the campaign group as a terrorist organisation earlier this month.

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54 h. ago Trial date set for alleged Palestine Action members accused of damaging planes at RAF base

The group are accused of causing £7m worth of damage to two Voyager aircraft

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54 h. ago Four face 2027 trial over alleged Palestine Action aircraft damage

About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in an incident alleged to have a ‘terrorist connection’.

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54 h. ago Four accused of Palestine Action attack on RAF planes face 2027 trial

The defendants face a year-and-a-half wait for their trial over £7million alleged criminal damage at RAF Brize Norton

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7 d. ago More than 70 people arrested at protests supporting banned Palestine Action

The Metropolitan Police made 42 arrests in central London on Saturday, while there were 16 arrests in Manchester and 13 arrests in Cardiff.

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7 d. ago More than 50 people arrested at protests supporting banned Palestine Action

Two groups of protesters gathered underneath both the Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela statues in Parliament Square on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Police arrest dozens of protesters for supporting banned Palestine Action including vicar after activists' vows to go 'floppy'

A vicar was among the 42 people arrested by Scotland Yard officers as activists gathered for a second week in a row next to a statue of Gandhi in Parliament Square.

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8 d. ago 42 people arrested at protest supporting banned Palestine Action

Two groups of protesters gathered underneath both the Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela statues in Parliament Square on Saturday.

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8 d. ago Police arrest 46 protesters for supporting banned Palestine Action

Around ten people have been held by Metropolitan Police Officers after two small groups sat next to a statue of Gandhi and held placards which read: 'I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.'

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8 d. ago 46 people arrested at protest supporting banned Palestine Action

Two groups of protesters gathered underneath both the Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela statues in Parliament Square on Saturday.

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8 d. ago Police arrest more protesters for supporting banned Palestine Action after seizing 29 people including 83

Around ten people have been held by Metropolitan Police Officers after two small groups sat next to a statue of Gandhi and held placards which read: 'I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.'

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1 week ago London police arrest peaceful protesters as Palestine Action ban takes effect

London police arrest peaceful protesters as Palestine Action ban takes effect  Peoples Dispatch

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2 w. ago Police arrest 29 people at Palestine Action protest in London

Police arrest 29 people at Palestine Action protest in London  The Times

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2 w. ago More than 20 people arrested at protest in support of banned group Palestine Action

The Metropolitan Police said that the group is now "proscribed and expressing support for them is a criminal offence."

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2 w. ago Four remanded in custody after RAF aircraft ‘damaged by Palestine Action’

Amy Gardiner-Gibson, Jony Cink, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, and Lewie Chiaramello, are charged with conspiring to commit criminal damage.

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2 w. ago Four charged by counter terrorism police after £7million of damage to RAF planes

The four will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

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2 w. ago Four people charged by terror police after £7million worth of damage done to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton 'by Palestine Action'

Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Cink, 24, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22, have been remanded in custody after £7 million in damage was caused to two Voyager aircraft.

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2 w. ago Four charged by counter terrorism police after planes damaged at RAF base

The four will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Palestine Action is part of Britain's proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover

Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria ClimbiéThe facts are not disputed. On 20 June, two activists spray-painted two RAF Voyager aircraft at Brize Norton, where flights regularly leave for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. No person inside the compound was harmed.At worst, these actions may amount to offences around criminal damage and trespass. The former justice secretary Lord Falconer has stated that the action at Brize Norton would not justify outlawing the group.Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria Climbié Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The witchcraft artist, the Christian anarchist and the daughter of an NHS surgeon behind Palestine Action's plot to attack more RAF bases

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she intends to ban Palestine Action under Section 3 of the Terrorism Act after its notorious break-in at RAF Brize Norton - but just who are the ringleaders?

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