Met police violently arrest peaceful protesters leaving Euston demo

Metropolitan police officers have arrested ten peaceful protesters at an anti-genocide demonstration in Euston, London – in at least one case violently.

Police violence in Euston

On Wednesday 22 April the Israel Institute of Technology was holding a fundraising event for Israel at the Shaw Theatre. As London for Palestine wrote on its Instagram, the institute “is deeply intertwined with Israel’s military industrial complex… [and] has been labelled ‘the university with the greatest ties to the Israeli military'”.

War criminal president Isaac Herzog – who incited genocide against the Palestinian people – made a speech via video call. Little wonder then that pro-Palestine, anti-Zionist activists held a protest outside.

The demo took place at Euston – and one of those arrested was Kamran Ahmed. Ahmed is a member of the Filton 24 only recently released after being held in prison for more than a year without trial – and being on hunger strike:

 

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Three women were arrested after the demo finished, grabbed by police as they made their way peacefully home:

 

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Ahmad asked supporters able to do so to make sure they attend Woolwich Crown Court tomorrow, 23 April 2026, where the retrial of Filton anti-genocide protesters will continue:

 

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The arrests were without provocation and the policing turned ugly without warning. The flailing Starmer regime is still repressing humanitarian protest against war and genocide even as his always-awful tenure collapses.

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