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Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Police have arrested hundreds of people during a mass vigil in central London opposing the government's ban on the campaign group Palestine Action. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
More than 1,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square for the demonstration on April 11, 2026, with many holding signs reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Protesters call for the lifting of the ban on the Palestine Action group, which the High Court has struck down, ruling that it violates free speech protections. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Police removed numerous demonstrators in central London, including an elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman using walking sticks, both of whom were escorted away by officers. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
One demonstrator told Al Jazeera he was taking part in the vigil because he “believed in the democracy”. “I think Britain has now descended into a nondemocratic situation, and I think that is very dangerous [for] free speech,” he added. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Defend Our Juries, a United Kingdom-based activist group that organised the protest, demanded that the government lift the ban on Palestine Action and drop all charges and investigations into those who have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for allegedly supporting the campaigners. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
The group said it’s also protesting against the Metropolitan Police’s U-turn on its policy to arrest people who show support for Palestine Action after the government appealed the High Court ruling. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Palestine Action is a direct action group that says it wants to end British complicity in Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
Parliament voted to ban Palestine Action in July 2025 by a vote of 385-26 after the government tabled a draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 to do so. [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
Police arrest 523 at London pro-Palestinian protest in Trafalgar Square
London's Metropolitan Police said in a post on X that people were arrested in London for showing support for a "proscribed organisation". [Jack Taylor/Reuters]
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Palestinians pray over the body of Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on his vehicle, during his funeral outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians pray over the body of Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his vehicle, during his funeral outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, the central Gaza Strip, on April 9, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Rida Daher grieves at the funeral of her son-in-law, Samer al-Fasis, killed in an Israeli military strike, in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 29, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across the Gaza City seafront, on March 25, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jugs of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis on March 14, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Mourners carry the bodies of two Palestinian policemen killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Khan Younis on March 14, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Members of the al-Najar family break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, on March 13, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Gaza's civil defence teams work to recover the remains of members of the Abu Nada family, who were buried beneath the rubble of their four-storey house after it was destroyed by an Israeli strike in December 2023, in Gaza City, on February 9, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, on Feburary 6, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Khadija Abu Rabi mourns over the body of her son, Iyad, three, who was killed when an Israeli strike hit tents sheltering displaced people along the coast of Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, on Febuary 2, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Mourners carry the body of Abd Shaat, one of the three Palestinian journalists killed in an Israeli strike on an Egyptian committee's vehicle, during his funeral in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on January 22, 2026. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Palestinians inspect damaged tents at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on January 9, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Palestinians stand beside a tent set up on the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City on December 30, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Palestinians struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, the central Gaza Strip, on December 17, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are buried in Deir el-Balah, the Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Six months into a US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under Israeli attacks
Displaced Palestinians ride donkey carts loaded with belongings past destroyed buildings in Gaza City, on October 11, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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