{"id":651126,"date":"2025-12-23T21:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651126\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:13:12","slug":"greta-thunberg-arrested-in-london-while-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/651126\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg arrested in London while supporting Palestine Action hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg<\/a> has been arrested in London for taking part in a protest supporting hunger strikers associated with the now-banned group Palestine Action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thunberg was placed under arrest by the London police after holding a sign outside the offices of an insurance company that read \u201cI support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide,\u201d as reported by the BBC<\/a>. The insurance company, Aspen Insurance, has alleged ties to an Israeli-linked defense firm, Elbit Systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two others were arrested alongside Thunberg for using \u201chammers and red paint\u2026to damage a building,\u201d according to a police statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 24-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. They glued themselves nearby and specialist officers released them, and brought them into police custody,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n

Police detailed Thunberg\u2019s arrest in the same release. \u201cShe was arrested for displaying an item (in this case a placard) in support of a proscribed organization (in this case Palestine Action) contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000<\/a>,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n

Thunberg was released on bail and has a court date set for sometime in March.<\/p>\n

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The protest was part of a broader effort known as Prisoners for Palestine<\/a> that advocates the use of protesting and hunger striking to end corporate investment in Israeli-affiliated companies. Organizers said the protest was also meant to show solidarity with hunger strikers<\/a> in the U.K. who are facing trial for offenses related to supporting Palestine Action.<\/p>\n

The direction-action group was banned in the U.K.<\/a> in July. A judge ruled that its activities, protesting Israeli weapons factories and affiliated supply chains in the U.K., constituted illegal actions under the country\u2019s Terrorism Act.<\/p>\n

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