{"id":279855,"date":"2025-07-21T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/279855\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:51:14","slug":"counter-terrorism-police-investigate-peaceful-protest-after-17-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/279855\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter Terrorism Police investigate peaceful protest after 17 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a criminal offence to support Palestine Action<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_Palestine-Action-Challenges-Proscription-In-High-Court-Hearing.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court as Palestine Action challenges proscription on July 4, 2025\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court as Palestine Action challenges proscription on July 4, 2025(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Seventeen people who were arrested over the weekend in Bristol have been released on bail as Counter Terrorism Police investigate a peaceful protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Protesters gathered on College Green on Saturday, July 19, in support of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers arrested 17 people during the protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All 17 have been released on bail as investigations led by Counter Terrorism Police continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: &#8220;The 17 people arrested during a protest in Bristol on Saturday 19 July have each been released on police bail while investigations, which will be led by Counter Terrorism Policing, continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Palestine Action is a proscribed terrorist organisation and it is a criminal offence to support the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/arrest-warning-bristol-protestors-joining-10358842\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BristolLive reported<\/a> that demonstrations were held in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Truro and London as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes ahead of a High Court hearing on Monday in which the co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, will ask for the green light to challenge the Home Secretary\u2019s decision to ban the group under anti-terror laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The ban means that membership of, or support for, the direct action group is now a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison, under the Terrorism Act 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Met said 70 people were arrested at similar demonstrations in Parliament Square over the past two weekends, while Defend Our Juries said a total of 120 had so far been arrested across the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is a criminal offence to support Palestine ActionProtesters demonstrate outside the High Court as Palestine Action 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