Palestine Action was banned as a terror group last month (Image: Getty)
Pro-Palestine protesters are set to flout terror laws at a major protest this weekend. Campaigners are planning a demonstration in London on Saturday in support of Palestine Action, which was recently proscribed as a terror group.
The ban means that backing the organisation is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. More than 200 people have so far been arrested for supporting the direct action group since it was outlawed last month.
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Thousands of people are being urged to attend the rally, which is being organised by Defend Our Juries.
A briefing note, reported by The Telegraph, warns that "joining this campaign comes with risk".
But it adds: “It would be practically and politically difficult for the state to respond to an action on this scale.
“Even assuming it had the physical capacity to arrest so many people on the same day, the political fallout from such an operation would be incalculable, causing irreparable damage to the reputation of the Government and the police.
“Our assessment is that an action on this scale could be enough for the ban to be lifted.
It is now a criminal offence to express support for Palestine Action (Image: Getty)
“Charging and prosecuting at least 500 more people, in addition to the 200 people already arrested, is likely to be beyond the capacity of the state, given the current situation in the criminal justice system.”
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The document goes on: “Although there’s a substantial risk of arrest, and all taking part should be prepared for that, no one has yet been charged with an offence and no one has been remanded to prison.”
Palestine Action was proscribed under anti-terror laws on July 5 after the group claimed responsibility for action on June 20 in which two Voyager planes at RAF Brize Norton suffered ￡7 million worth of damage.
Palestine Action's co-founder last week won a bid to bring a High Court challenge over the ban.
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