Organisers said they aimed to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba and urge the UK to 'take action' to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30276408

By Imran Mulla
Published date: 17 May 2025 17:59 BST

"It was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Compaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Muslim Association of Britain, Stop the War, the Palestinian Forum in Britain and other pro-Palestine groups.

Protesters came from around the country, including from Wales and northern England. Stop the War said the demonstration was attended by an estimated 600,000 people, making it the biggest since November 2023."

    • Charlxmagne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      They started releasing prisoners early cuz they were nearing full capacity, they are NOT housing those 600k, it’s not physically possible.

    • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      5 hours ago

      Are you from Britain? Is that probable? I wouldn’t think so, but I might be wrong.

      • quack@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        600k people being jailed? Very unlikely, the UK doesn’t even have 200k serving police officers in total and prisoners have been released early because there’s simply no space left for them. I’d be surprised if even 1% were arrested. The UK brought in some super draconian protest laws recently though, so no doubt there will be some, especially given what the protest is for.