Palestine Action protesters arrested outside UK Labour Party conference

Demonstrators protestation against UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action arsenic a violent organisation.

Police successful the United Kingdom person arrested much than 50 radical protesting successful enactment of the banned Palestine Action radical extracurricular a Labour Party league successful the northwestern English metropolis of Liverpool.

The section Merseyside Police confirmed the arrests successful a connection published connected Sunday.

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The constabulary said those taken into custody astatine the protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, had displayed worldly successful enactment of Palestine Action, proscribed arsenic a “terrorist” group by the Labour authorities successful July 2025 nether the Terrorism Act.

According to the statement, constabulary respected the rights of radical to protestation lawfully portion aiming to support the bid and guarantee the nationalist are safe.

A constabulary serviceman speaks to a protagonist of the radical Palestine Action arsenic demonstrators stitchery to protestation extracurricular the league venue connected the archetypal time of the yearly Labour Party league successful Liverpool, northwest England, connected September 27, 2026 [Oli Scarff/AFP]

More than 250 protesters sat extracurricular the league centre holding banners with words supporting the radical connected Sunday, earlier dozens of constabulary began making arrests.

After asking demonstrators if they were going to proceed holding up the signs, officers led radical away, telling them they had been arrested nether the Terrorism Act.

Reporting from Liverpool, Al Jazeera analogous Milena Veselinovic said the protesters wanted to enactment proscription “front and centre of the UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s agenda” connected the archetypal time of his party’s yearly conference.

“Being arrested is thing successful examination to what the radical successful Gaza are going through, and it’s besides worthy it, due to the fact that this is astir our close to escaped speech,” 1 protester told Al Jazeera.

Another said that “there are priests, determination are healthcare workers, determination are radical who profoundly care, and profoundly attraction astir close and wrong.”

Kerry Moscogiuri, main enforcement of Amnesty International UK, said protesting “is 1 of the astir effectual tools” to marque authorities leaders perceive and described the arrests arsenic “a genuinely shameful onslaught connected state of speech”.

“The caller premier curate tin betterment our laws truthful that communities are protected successful coming unneurotic and demonstrating connected the issues they attraction about. Will helium bash so?” she said.

Activists besides confronted Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband wrong a edifice successful Liverpool, demanding that helium assistance the prohibition connected the radical and state Israel’s genocide successful Gaza.

The activists near aft Miliband reportedly refused to comment.

A civilian disobedience run has emerged since Palestine Action was outlawed successful July 2025, with much than 3,600 radical arrested for showing their enactment for the group, often portion holding signs reading, “I reason genocide. I enactment Palestine Action.”