Defend Our Juries hit with five police raids

Defend our Juries activists have been hit with five police raids in one day. The campaign group said the raids were linked to Palestine Action solidarity messages. Three raids were originally reported on 10 July according to an X post:

Defend Our Juries can confirm that at least three home raids have taken place this morning. Individuals who have shared videos online declaring support for the unjustly proscribed direct action group Palestine Action were arrested.

Saving lives is not terrorism.

HOME RAIDS

Defend Our Juries can confirm that at least three home raids have taken place this morning. Individuals who have shared videos online declaring support for the unjustly proscribed direct action group Palestine Action were arrested.

Saving lives is not terrorism. pic.twitter.com/yf1I37sWHd

— Defend Our Juries (@DefendOurJuries) July 10, 2026

Defend our Juries posted later that police had carried out a further two raids:

UPDATE – FIVE RAIDED

Counter-terror police have so far raided the homes of 5 out of more than 60 individuals who have shared videos online declaring their support for Palestine Action.

All have taken place in the Midlands.

We won’t be intimidated – more ‘terror’ videos soon! https://t.co/rOVJEbdouH

— Defend Our Juries (@DefendOurJuries) July 10, 2026

The group campaigns to defend British rights and liberties against the current authoritarian onslaught meted out by Keir Starmer’s government.

Their website warns:

From the UK Government’s plans to severely restrict jury trials, to judges removing legal defences in activist trials, and the Home Office criminalising protest groups or designating them as “terrorist organisations” – the British justice system is being weaponised to serve corporate interests against our democracy and civil liberties.

A major part of their work is opposing the proscription of Palestine Action:

The unjust ban on Palestine Action was not an accident, it is part of a strategic effort for the UK government to be able to ban whichever group they don’t agree with.

The group claims the ban will inevitably turn into further attacks on basic rights:

They have now also begun sentencing direct actionists as “terrorists” without them ever being convicted on any terrorism charge. If we do not oppose our government’s attempts to corrupt UK law, who will they choose to ban next? Trade Unions? Striking workers? Disability rights groups?

The group also posted a video of Jon, one of their activists, whose home was targeted on the 10 July raids:

Here’s what Jon said that caused counter-terror police to raid his home this morning.

We can all agree that this response is totally absurd and unnecessary. Saving lives is not terrorism.

Palestine Action is not a terrorist group, regardless of the unjust ban.

Lift the ban. pic.twitter.com/L4IOw3iVwY

— Defend Our Juries (@DefendOurJuries) July 10, 2026

You can read more about Defend our Juries here. UK state power is growing more repressive and hard-won rights to free speech and protest are being hacked away. Groups like Defend our Juries are at the forefront of the fight to retain the basic liberties which are essential to democracy.

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