Submitted 1 day ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestine-action-linked-94-all-uk-terrorism-arrests
The arrests of pro-Palestine activists have made up the majority of terrorism-related arrests in the UK since Palestine Action was proscribed in 2025, new statistics from the Home Office reveal.
The latest figures show a record high in terrorism-related arrests, with 2,867 arrests made in the year ending June 2026, up from 234 the previous year – a 1,553% increase. Of these arrests, 94 percent, or 3,630, were tied to alleged support for Palestine Action.
can’t wait to see how history books will explain that being against a genocide was considered terrorism.
who am I kidding, history books will never teach about this
Thank goodness Brits can rest easy from the threat of these pensioners terrorizing them with signs!
…Wait, why was Port of Dover closed again?
A police state is run by criminals
The west is just a series of colonies for Israeli wealth extraction. It’s like the hunger games Israel is the capital and the “new Gaza” will be the capital city
Zombie@feddit.uk 1 day ago
And how many of those were pensioners?
How many of those “terrorists” only act of “terror” was quietly holding up a piece of cardboard?
The police and government are the true terrorists of the British population.
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The entire reason you have to lable a mundane act terrorism is, otherwise you can’t legally arrest the person engaging in it. It highlights that maybe you should not have a special legal term ‘terrorist’, that lets you do whatever against your citizens. Especially if it’s easy to just lable old grandma nitting a free palestine shirt a terrorist.
whatthey@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Right, so are these people actually being arrested under Terrorism laws or is that News source just being inflammatory?
I would guess the latter.
If they were arresting so many people under the prevention of terrorism, we’d be under Martial Law right now.
slurp@programming.dev 1 day ago
They are actually being arrested.
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yep they are being arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation. They know what they are doing - it’s not like they accidently used that particular form of words.