More than 400 people are expected to gather outside the United States embassy in London on October 31, defying the UK government's ban on Palestine Action, with parallel action planned in Edinburgh, Scotland. The protest come days before the Supreme Court is due to hear an appeal against the proscription, which campigners call 'draconian' but the government defends as a response to criminal damage at defence sites.
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Palestine Action
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British police have decided not to pursue a criminal investigation into a social media post by Sarah Helm, the wife of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's national security adviser, that appeared to endorse Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said on Saturday that the post 'did not meet the criminal threshold' and that no further action would be taken, reversing an earlier statement that the post was being assessed.