“This is an outrageous assault on the Palestine movement. It is an unacceptable assault on civil liberties. Chris Nineham must be released without charge. We refuse to be intimidated.”
From the Stop the War Coalition
Chris Nineham, the chief steward of the national Palestine marches, was violently arrested on today’s protest.
Police targeted Chris as a delegation of MPs and celebrities walked towards the BBC.
Some ten police officers came to the front of march on the pretext of discussing the march with Chris.
They then jumped on Chris forcing him on the ground, while protesters attempted to defend him.
The police, at the urging of the pro-Israeli groups including the CST, are out to make an example of Palestinian protesters.
Stop the War said: “This is an outrageous assault on the Palestine movement. It is an unacceptable assault on civil liberties. Chris Nineham must be released without charge. We refuse to be intimidated.”
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- This was published as a press release by Stop The War on January 18th 2025.
Remind me again how much taxpayers’ money funds the CST?
I believe it is about £5m a year.
Chris Nineham had been addressing a rally in Whitehall and was doing nothing illegal.
Why was he attacked and arrested so violently?
I don’t want to live in a country where British police are controlled by lobby groups.
Mary Holmes