A group of 47 people have been charged with supporting the banned group Palestine Action.
They were all arrested at a demonstration in London in July, the Metropolitan Police said. This brings the total number of people charged with an offence of showing support to Palestine Action in London to 114.
They are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in October, accused of a terrorism offence by showing support for a banned group.
Det. Chf Sup Helen Flanagan said that if convicted, they face “potentially serious consequences” to their careers and ability to travel for supporting a proscribed organisation.
All 47 were arrested at a demonstration on 19 July, the Metropolitan Police said, and were all charged by post. They all live in England, police said.
Flanagan, of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said she anticipated “further charging decisions through this week and beyond”.
“We fully recognise people’s right to demonstrate peacefully, and thousands continue to protest in support of Palestine without breaking counter-terrorism laws,” she said.
More than 700 people have been arrested by the Met since Palestine Action’s proscription on 5 July.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper banned the group under terrorism laws after paint was daubed on jets at RAF Brize Norton. Police said the act caused £7m of damage.
Lawyers for the group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, have argued that the ban breaches the right to free speech and has gagged legitimate protest.
The government says the ban is justified because it narrowly targets a group that was organising serious criminality.
Membership or support for Palestine Action is now a crime that can lead to up to 14 years in jail.
Last month, the group won permission to challenge the ban, with the case to be heard at the High Court in November.
It and other campaign groups argue that the ban breaches the right to free speech and has gagged legitimate protest.
The judge refused an appeal to temporarily lift the ban and it remains proscribed before a full review at the High Court in November.
