The painting showed a judge in a traditional wig hitting a demonstrator with a bloody placard. Two days before it appeared, British police had arrested nearly 900 demonstrators supporting the now banned group Palestine Action and the painting was interpreted as a direct reaction to this.
However, according to court officials, the painting was removed due to the building's cultural-historical value.
Palestine Action has appealed the British government's decision to ban the organization with reference to the anti-terror law. The Court of Appeal said no, but a judge in the Supreme Court has approved that the appeal may proceed, reports AP.
