LondonPolice arrested 139 people for holding Palestine Action placards.
Defend Our Juries, which organised the protest, counts more than 4,000 such arrests since July 2025.
Terrorism law makes support for a proscribed group punishable by up to 14 years, so a placard saying so is an offence.
Labour MP John McDonnell said opposing the ban does not automatically mean supporting the group.
The UK Supreme Court hears the group’s appeal over two days from Wednesday.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 80+ reports worldwide
- The Telegraph leans critical
- Middle East Eye leans critical
- places the arrests in the context of nearly 4,000 prior arrests, including Holocaust survivors and elderly placard-holders
- The Hindu leans critical
- reports the 139-arrest count and Defend Our Juries' 'dystopian' framing, with a protester climbing a tree holding a 'Teachers who support Palestine' placard
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- quotes ex-Labour MP John McDonnell arguing that protesting a ban cannot be 'automatically interpreted' as support, making it a legal-interpretation dispute
Sources: The Telegraph, Middle East Eye, The Hindu, Al Jazeera Online