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Met settles claim brought by Palestine activist ‘treated like a criminal’ during arrest

Source: The Guardian World - Published: 05 Nov 2026 12:47

Tej Singh Bhandal, 68, was pulled from a queue and detained under terrorism law in ‘creeping criminalisation of protest action’The Metropolitan police have settled a claim brought by a 68-year-old pro-Palestinian activist who accused the force of treating him “like a criminal” when he was arrested under anti-terrorism legislation.Tej Singh Bhandal was returning to the UK on Eurostar this year when police pulled him from a queue at St Pancras International station in London. Continue reading...