The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

While being arrested for holding a placard, one protester recites a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam who was killed, along with her entire family, by an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023. @defendourjuries.bsky.social

UNLAWFUL ARREST This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group. wedonotcomply.org

“Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.” They’re enabling a genocide and silencing opposition. This is authoritarianism. www.bbc.com/news/article...

‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 493 at Palestine Action protest The bulk of the arrests were made at Trafalgar Square, where around 1,000 protesters sat silently, some holding signs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

A police officer unnecessarily kneels on the chest of a peaceful protestor, before arresting him for a 'terror' offence for holding a sign which says "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

"Palestine remains the story" As a protestor is carted off by police for holding a sign against genocide and the Palestine Action ban, she states that genocide in Gaza remains the story. We won't be silenced whilst our government is participating in murdering Palestinians.

BREAKING: Protestors in Rome hold signs against genocide and the Palestine Action ban, in solidarity with those facing arrest in Trafalgar Sq today. The movement against genocide is global, and it rejects labelling those who disrupt the Israeli weapons industry as 'terrorists'.

BREAKING: Devon and Cornwall Police did NOT arrest protestors today for signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" In sharp contrast, Met police are mass arresting protestors in Trafalgar Square for holding the same signs, despite claiming limited resources.

Police arrest peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs in opposition to genocide and the Palestine Action ban. The absurd proscription was a huge political misstep that has led to over a thousand people arrested for sign holding. It must be lifted.

BREAKING: Over a thousand people gather in Trafalgar Square to oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban. Police have already started arresting peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

BREAKING: Banner drop on Westminster Bridge ahead of the mass silent vigil taking place in Trafalgar Square today. The banner says "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" As the genocide escalates in Gaza, and our rights to oppose it are under threat, we must resist.

“As a Jewish person… I’m very disturbed and appalled and grieving for what’s happened in Manchester yesterday, I’m also grieving for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered, displaced, and starved in Gaza” - Zoe explained on BBC R4 why she supports DOJ.

“Defend our Juries protest must proceed as planned” - Jewish Voice for Labour www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/defe...

“Cancel pro-Palestine marches, Home Secretary demands” Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. End UK complicity in genocide. Also, not a march, tomorrow’s event is a peaceful vigil in opposition to genocide. Always has been. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... Sign up: wedonotcomply.org

“Police ask for protest against Palestine Action ban to be postponed after Manchester attack Organisers say protest will go ahead as planned and it is up to Met whether or not it prioritises arrests” The police are welcome to use resources elsewhere 🤷 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

ACTION TO GO AHEAD AS PLANNED Today, the Metropolitan Police wrote to us to ask that we postpone Saturday’s mass protest in Trafalgar Square, citing “significant pressure on policing”. Our response in short: Don’t arrest us then. Our full response: defendourjuries.net/wp-content/u...

Ask of Solidarity We warmly welcome witnesses to the arrests on Oct 4th. Please come and show your solidarity! We are not telling anyone what to do: we respect everyone’s right to make their own choice about how to show up and show solidarity. 1/🧵 wedonotcomply.org

Leigh Evans, a retired nurse & Gaza medic from Swansea is on-board intercepted Abd Elkarim Eid (boat 1) of the #Flotilla to bring aid to Gaza. Leigh is part of the Lift The Ban campaign and a friend to humanity. He and the flotilla must be allowed to proceed. 🎥 filmed on Aug 9

BREAKING: UK policing minister met insurance firm targeted by Palestine Action weeks before ban Home Office minister Diana Johnson met Allianz UK to discuss 'protest activity and destruction of property' www.middleeasteye.net/news/home-of... Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

A spokesman for Defend Our Juries said: “Instead of shutting down protest, it’s time the Labour Party took the responsibility to prevent genocide seriously and impose blanket sanctions on Israel including stopping the flow of arms from factories in this country.” www.lbc.co.uk/article/pale...

Keith Hackett, 71, said he was risking arrest as he was "deeply ashamed" of Labour's actions. "If they want to start turning the party around and win back the support they have lost, they need to stop their complicity in this genocide and end the ban." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨IMPORTANT - LOCATION CHANGE!📍 The Lift The Ban action set to take place on October 4th in London has changed location - it will now take place in Trafalgar Square from 1pm due to grass maintenance on Parliament square (seriously). Visit wedonotcomply.org for more info Please share widely.

Police arrested protesters on suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action outside the Labour party conference in Liverpool. About 100 people gathered silently on Sunday to hold signs reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

66 people were arrested outside the Labour Conference yesterday for peacefully holding signs with “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” written on them. Hundreds of police officers were used to try to enforce Labour’s absurd ban. They failed to arrest everyone.

BREAKING: Police attempt to take wheelchair away from disabled protestor after arresting them under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which says “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” for nine hours. The defiance won’t stop. Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

“They are pulverising Gaza, They don’t want it to exist. Well I’ve got a magic marker, so they call me terrorist for opposing genocide. Solidarity forever!” The mass defiance won't stop until the ban is lifted. Next weekend, on October 4th, hundreds will defy the ban in London. wedonotcomply.org

Whilst the Labour party congregate at their annual conference, protestors are outside disobeying the unjust ban on Palestine Action. They're risking arrest under the Terrorism Act, for silently holding cardboard signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". wedonotcomply.org

BREAKING - Sign-holders are gathering outside the Labour Conference in Liverpool to call on Labour to Lift The Ban on Palestine Action, a direct group that disrupts the weapons trade intended for use in Israel’s genocide. Sign up for action on Oct4: wedonotcomply.org

Police Scotland has wrongly accused Scots of breaching terrorism laws after misidentifying people at a demonstration in Edinburgh earlier this month, the Sunday National has been told. www.thenational.scot/news/2549898...

"Police Scotland are drafting lists" Despite not taking part in demonstrations, at least three people have been wrongly visited by Police Scotland officers hunting for campaigners who allegedly breached terrorism laws www.thenational.scot/news/2549898...

Guardian: Fate of hundreds arrested for alleged Palestine Action support in limbo if challenge to ban is blocked Home Office has asked court of appeal to overturn judge’s decision to grant judicial review of group’s proscription www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... wedonotcomply.org

Yorkshire man holds banner saying 'I oppose genocide' as trial date set over alleged Palestine Action support “These six defendants have played a role in organising mass civil disobedience… and they have been involved in 13 meetings conducted by Zoom,” www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/y...

Each defendant spoke to confirm their names in the dock during a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey. Nixon remained standing in the dock throughout the hearing… holding a white banner with the words “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”. www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

🚨BREAKING - Defiance in the dock! David (one of 7 key spokespeople arrested in dawn raids after speaking on zoom calls) held a sign up in court today throughout a pretrial hearing. David wasn’t arrested, and walked out of the court with his codefendants. Sign up: wedonotcomply.org

Guardian: Fate of hundreds arrested for alleged Palestine Action support in limbo if challenge to ban is blocked, court told Home Office has asked court of appeal to overturn judge’s decision to grant judicial review of group’s proscription www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Home Office appeal over Palestine Action ban legal challenge to be heard today. A Judicial Review is due to be heard at a three-day hearing in November but the Home Office has been given the green light to challenge Mr Justice Chamberlain’s decision. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

While we are at it - #AxeDrax

“The conference will play host to yet another provocation by hard-left activists voicing support for a terrorist organisation.” - Express You heard it here first, folks! Opposing genocide is “hard-left”, apparently. www.express.co.uk/news/politic... Sign up: wedonotcomply.org

100+ people are expected to defy Labour’s absurd ban at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Sunday. 🥀 Labour is complicit in Israel’s genocide, and they’re proscribing direct action groups to try and hide their own guilt. Full Press Release: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BBC journalist Nick Robinson’s “in-depth” article on “free speech” makes no mention of the 1500 people arrested for holding cardboard signs in recent months… Why would it? It’s only the best UK example of state oppression on rights & freedoms in modern times… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action? A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

Author Sally Rooney said she did not travel to the UK to collect a book prize this week as she was concerned she may be arrested over her support of British group Palestine Action. www.bbc.com/news/article... Sign up to Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org

This is absurd. Labour need to Lift The Ban immediately “Sally Rooney ‘can no longer safely enter UK’ due to support for Palestine Action The ‘Normal People’ author says she has been told she risks arrest if she sets foot on British soil” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim... wedonotcomply.org

Sally Rooney unable to collect award due to threat of arrest for supporting Palestine Action The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, her publisher stated at the Sky Arts awards ceremony last night. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Conspiracy to project the truth? UK law is becoming a laughing stock. Democracy is being buried by ministers and policing in favour of corporate interests. Solidarity with @ledbydonkeys.org www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The first three sign-holders charged plead not-guilty to ‘terror offence’. Today’s plea hearing comes as the United Nations Commission of Enquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Take action with over 1,500 others on October 4th: wedonotcomply.org

The report is intended to be detailed and damning, presenting evidence it says shows that Israel is committing genocide. It says that Israel has breached the Genocide Convention that was passed in 1948 by the newly established United Nations. - Jeremy Bowen www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEW: Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... The UK government is complicit. wedonotcomply.org