The ban remains in force after an appeal court ruling, while campaigners say sanctions are blocking crowdfunding for a challenge due before the UK Supreme Court on November 4–5.
Al Jazeera reported on October 23, 2026, that more than 3,850 people had been arrested for publicly supporting Palestine Action since the UK government banned the group in July 2025, according to campaign group Defend Our Juries. The figure is the campaign group’s tally of people arrested, not a count of convictions.
The government proscribed Palestine Action—banned it as a terrorist organisation—under the Terrorism Act. The ban remains in force after the Court of Appeal in London sided with the government in June 2026, overturning a High Court ruling that had found the proscription unlawful.
One police-confirmed example came in Liverpool. Al Jazeera reported on September 28, 2026, that Merseyside Police had confirmed more than 50 arrests at a protest there. Police said those detained had displayed material supporting Palestine Action. The force said it respected lawful protest while seeking to keep the peace and protect public safety.
The government argues that what it describes as Palestine Action’s campaign of break-ins and criminal damage at defence sites meets the legal threshold for proscription. Those sites include facilities linked to Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems. Defend Our Juries, which organises protests against the ban, says its own demonstrations are entirely peaceful.
Defend Our Juries also says sanctions following the US government’s designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation have blocked cofounder Huda Ammori from crowdfunding for her Supreme Court challenge. This is the campaign group’s account of an obstacle to raising money for the appeal, separate from the arrests under the UK ban.
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