Authorities have arrested over 40 people during a protest in central London. Demonstrators opposed the government's decision to classify the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization.

Forty-two arrests have been made in London at a protest against Palestine Action being proscribed a terror group, the Metropolitan Police has said. The force said 41 arrests were made on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation, with one person also arrested for common assault.

The demonstrators gathered in Parliament Square hours after the British government banned Palestine Action and designated it a terrorist organization.