Activist Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in London

December 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM

London police on Tuesday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian activist groups said.

“Greta Thunberg was arrested under the Terrorism Act at the Prisoners for Palestine lock-on protest,” Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement.

The prisoners are being held on charges of supporting the banned Palestine Action group, among other charges, and Thunberg was holding a sign reading ‘I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide’,” it added.

City of London police said it has arrested a woman under the Terrorism Act for displaying an item in support of a proscribed organisation. (Newswire)