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Palestine Action protesters arrested outside UK Labour Party conference

*Demonstrators protest against UK government’s proscription of Palestine
Action as a terrorist organisation.*
[image: Police officers arrest a protester during a demonstration in
support of the proscribed group Palestine Action outside the conference
venue on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool,
north-west England, on September 27, 2026 [Oli Scarff/AFP]]
Police arrest a protester during a demonstration in support of Palestine
Action outside the conference venue on the first day of the annual Labour
Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on September 27, 2026
[Oli Scarff/AFP]

<https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458>
By Al Jazeera Staff
<https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458>, AFP
and DPA
Published On 28 Sep 2026

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested more than 50 people protesting
in support of the banned Palestine Action group outside a Labour Party
conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool.

The local Merseyside Police confirmed the arrests in a statement published
on Sunday.

The police said those taken into custody at the protest, organised by
Defend Our Juries, had displayed material in support of Palestine
Action, proscribed
as a “terrorist” group
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15/uk-court-says-proscribing-palestine-action-as-terrorist-group-was-lawful>
by the Labour government in July 2025 under the Terrorism Act.

According to the statement, police respected the rights of people to
protest lawfully while aiming to keep the peace and ensure the public are
safe.
[image: A policeman speaks to a supporter of the proscribed group Palestine
Action as they gather to protest outside the conference venue on the first
day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England
on September 27, 2026 [Oli Scarff/AFP]]A police officer speaks to a
supporter of the group Palestine Action as demonstrators gather to protest
outside the conference venue on the first day of the annual Labour Party
conference in Liverpool, northwest England, on September 27, 2026 [Oli
Scarff/AFP]

More than 250 protesters sat outside the conference centre holding banners
with words supporting the group on Sunday, before dozens of police began
making arrests.

English band Massive Attack singer Robert Del Naja
<https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/27/massive-attack-singer-arrested-over-pro-palestine-protest-in-uk>
was among those arrested.

After asking demonstrators if they were going to continue holding up the
signs, officers led people away, telling them they had been arrested under
the Terrorism Act.

Reporting from Liverpool, Al Jazeera correspondent Milena Veselinovic said
the protesters wanted to put proscription “front and centre of the UK Prime
Minister Andy Burnham’s agenda” on the first day of his party’s annual
conference.

“Being arrested is nothing in comparison to what the people in Gaza are
going through, and it’s also worth it, because this is about our right to
free speech,” one protester told Al Jazeera.


   - [image: Palestine Action protesters arrested in Liverpool]
   Palestine Action protesters arrested in Liverpool

Another said that “there are priests, there are healthcare workers, there
are people who deeply care, and deeply care about right and wrong.”

Kerry Moscogiuri, chief executive of Amnesty International UK, said
protesting “is one of the most effective tools” to make government leaders
listen and described the arrests as “a truly shameful attack on freedom of
speech”.

“The new prime minister can reform our laws so that communities are
protected in coming together and demonstrating on the issues they care
about. Will he do so?” she said.

Activists also confronted Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband inside a restaurant
in Liverpool, demanding that he lift the ban on the group and declare
Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

The activists left after Miliband reportedly refused to comment.

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UK Foreign Secretary confronted by activists over Palestine Action ban

A civil disobedience campaign has emerged since Palestine Action was
outlawed in July 2025, with more than 3,600 people arrested for showing
their support for the group, often while holding signs reading, “I oppose
genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

The UK Supreme Court is now set to hear the case after London’s Court of
Appeal upheld the government ban in June.
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