THREE people have been charged with showing support for Palestine Action after the group was recently banned as a terror organisation, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Two women and a man were arrested in Westminster following a protest in central London on July 5.
Jeremy Shippam, 71, of West Sussex, Judith Murray, also 71, of Surrey, and Fiona Maclean, 53, of Hackney, north-east London, were all charged with showing support for a proscribed organisation under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
They are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 16.
The charges come ahead of a planned protest in support of the group on Saturday afternoon in London’s Parliament Square, with organisers expecting more than 500 people to attend.
Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “Anyone who displays public support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, is committing an offence under the Terrorism Act and can expect to be arrested and, as these charges show, will be investigated to the full extent of the law.
“These charges relate to three people arrested in central London on 5 July.
"We are also planning to send case files to the Crown Prosecution Service for the other 26 people arrested on the same day.
“I would strongly advise anyone planning to come to London this weekend to show support for Palestine Action to think about the potential criminal consequences of their actions.”
