Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
22
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
More than 300 people have been arrested during a protest supporting the banned Palestine Action group outside the US embassy, police have said.
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police → publish → embassy
Hundreds of people gathered at Nine Elms in London on Saturday, with many holding signs reading phrases such as: "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action."
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I → gather → Action
The Metropolitan Police said on Sunday that 325 arrests were made.
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arrests → say → Sunday
The force added on social media that 320 of them were for "expressing support for a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act".
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320 → add → Act
At least 4,000 people have now been arrested in relation to the group, which was proscribed in July 2025.
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which → arrest → July
The UK Supreme Court is due to review Palestine Action's ban under terrorism legislation, after the group's co-founder was granted permission to appeal it.
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founder → review → it
The Home Office has said that it will robustly defend against the appeal.
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it → say → appeal
Officers on Saturday made arrests into the evening, taking people to police vans for transfer, to the applause of many protesters, some of whom chanted: "Free, free Palestine."
In some instances, officers had to carry demonstrators who refused to walk.
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who → make → demonstrators
Retired lawyer Charles Allison - who was taken by police in the afternoon - had travelled from Cumbria to participate.
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who → take → Cumbria
He said he feared for people's civil liberties, which he said were "being devalued and watered down".
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he → say → liberties
"I hope the Supreme Court justices - they won't necessarily be influenced by it [the protest] - but I hope that they will take a long-term view of what is happening in this country and decide that the proscription was unlawful, as I believe it was," the 75-year-old said.
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old → hope → country
David Bolden, another protester awaiting arrest called the ban an "absurd law".
Defend Our Juries, which has been co-ordinating a series of protests over the ban, said the number of people detained this weekend took the total over 4,000 arrests since the group was proscribed, calling it "truly dystopian".
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group → await → it
According to Home Office figures seen by the BBC, 3,630 arrests were made in the year ending June 2026.
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arrests → accord → year
Along with the 134 people arrested outside Westminster Magistrates Court earlier this year and those on Saturday brings the total up to 4,089.
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total → arrest → 4,089
The BBC has contacted the Met to confirm any figures it might hold.
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it → contact → figures
Amnesty International UK has criticised the arrests and called for the government to drop the proscription of Palestine Action.
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government → criticise → Action
Defend Our Juries called the arrests "unjust" and an assault on free speech.
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Defend → call → speech
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