{"id":5889,"date":"2026-04-06T06:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/uk-police-arrest-seven-protesters-near-raf-base-used-by-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:23","slug":"uk-police-arrest-seven-protesters-near-raf-base-used-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/uk-police-arrest-seven-protesters-near-raf-base-used-by-us\/","title":{"rendered":"UK police arrest seven protesters near RAF base used by US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The activists were protesting the alleged use of the RAF base as a departure point for US aircraft involved in the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>British police have arrested seven people on suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action at a protest near a Royal Air Force (RAF) air base in eastern England used by United States forces.<\/p>\n<p>The five men and two women arrested at a peace encampment just outside the Lakenheath airbase had gathered with other activists on Sunday to protest the alleged use of the base as a departure point for US aircraft involved in the US-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/28\/palestine-action-supporters-arrested-as-londons-met-police-reverse-policy\">Palestine Action supporters arrested as London\u2019s Met Police reverse policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/26\/in-u-turn-uk-police-say-palestine-action-protesters-will-be-arrested-again\">In U-turn, UK police say Palestine Action protesters will be arrested again<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/25\/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-to-sue-prisons-over-alleged-mistreatment\">\u2018Keffiyehs seized, left to die\u2019: Inside the Palestine Action hunger strike<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The Lakenheath Alliance for Peace, which organised the protest, said the seven had been arrested wearing clothing with the message: \u201cWe oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said the protesters had been arrested \u201con suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour government banned Palestine Action as a \u201cterrorist\u201d organisation last year, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support the group.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/13\/uk-decision-to-ban-palestine-action-as-terror-group-unlawful-court-says\">a court<\/a> ruled the ban was \u201cdisproportionate\u201d and interfered with the right to free speech. But the government has appealed, and the ban remains in effect in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,700 people have been arrested and hundreds charged over rallies in support of the group, according to protest organisers Defend Our Juries.<\/p>\n<p>Police said in a statement on the latest arrests that they had a duty to enforce the law \u201cas it currently stands, not as it might be in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Two protesters were also arrested on Saturday at Lakenheath and charged with obstructing public thoroughfares, police said.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has railed against Starmer for what he calls insufficient support in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/tag\/israel-iran-conflict\/\">US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>, straining the countries\u2019 longtime alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/2\/starmer-lets-us-use-bases-for-iran-clash-uks-military-legal-quagmire\">authorised the US<\/a> to use British military bases to carry out \u201cdefensive\u201d operations against Iran and protect the vital Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world\u2019s oil passes in peacetime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The activists were protesting the alleged use of the RAF base as a departure point for US aircraft involved in the US-Israel war on Iran. 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