UK: Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest march in London June 8

Pro-Palestinian activists affiliated with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) plan to hold a protest march in London June 8. The action aims to demand that the UK cease arms transfers to Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war. Protest participants will reportedly gather at Russell Square from 12:30 before marching to Parliament Square, where the march will end at 16:30; PSC and affiliated groups organized bus transfers from some of the UK's major cities for participants nationwide. Several thousand activists will likely participate in the march; similar demonstrations held in previous dates have drawn some 100,000 participants. Some demonstrators will likely remain in the area after the end of the march through the early evening hours of June 8.

Heightened security and transport disruptions are likely along the march route. Disruptions are likely at Underground stations near the march's start point, particularly at Russell Square Station, and near its endpoint, including at Westminster Station. Previous PSC demonstrations have remained largely peaceful; however, confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement officers or politically opposed bystanders cannot be ruled out.