London’s Metropolitan Police Service laid charges against 67 individuals for showing support for the outlawed Palestine Action group, the police announced on Tuesday.

The Crown Prosecution Service authorized the charges for an offense under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000, with a maximum punishment of six months’ imprisonment, the Met said.

The designation of the group as a terrorist organization was passed in July by a significant majority in the House of Commons (385 to 26), making it a crime to belong to or support Palestine Action—placing it on the same legal footing as groups like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State.

Cmdr. Dominic Murphy from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said that all those charged were arrested in central London on July 5 or July 12.

“The notion that by comi

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