The proscription of Palestine Action – banning membership or support for the organisation on the ground that the home secretary believes it is “concerned in terrorism” – has led to hundreds of arrests, two legal challenges and many questions about the state of protest rights in the UK.

A further 60 people will be prosecuted for showing support for the proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action, the Metropolitan Police has said.

Architects arrested at last Saturday’s demonstration in support of Palestine Action have criticised what they describe as an ‘assault on democratic rights’ by the UK government

Former head of Central Saint Martins Jeremy Till, and three other British architects were among the hundreds of people arrested at a Palestine Action protest in London. Till, Walter Menteth, Studio Bark founder Nick Newman,

The U.K. government has proscribed the network as a terrorist group, a decision fiercely contested by the group itself.

The number of arrests at Saturday's demonstration in London in support of banned group Palestine Action has risen to 532. The Metropolitan Police said the majority of arrests - 521 - were for displaying placards in support of Palestine Action at Westminster's Parliament Square, and one at a Palestine Coalition march.