At least 90 people were detained by London’s Metropolitan Police on Saturday, November 22, 2025, during a solidarity demonstration for Palestinians that openly supported the banned activist group Palestine Action. The protest, organized by the campaign group “Defend Our Juries,” took place in Tavistock Square – historically known as a “peace garden” and site of anti-war memorials – where demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held banners reading “I oppose genocide – I support Palestine Action.” Organizers insist the gathering was entirely peaceful and consisted of people simply standing with posters, yet officers moved in swiftly, making arrests for alleged breaches of the UK’s Terrorism Act. Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organization in July 2025, making public displays of support illegal and leading to hundreds of arrests at similar events since then. Activists condemned the police action as a chilling assault on the right to protest and jury independence, while the Metropolitan Police stated the demonstration had not been pre-notified and involved support for a prohibited entity. The arrests come amid ongoing global outrage over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, where nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 170,000 injured since October 2023, with widespread destruction continuing despite a US-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025, which Israel has reportedly violated nearly 500 times.