The Palestine Coalition release a statement against the unprecedented conviction of protest leaders Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham. A chilling use of police powers against protests in support of Palestine.
Tag: Right to protest
Palestine Solidarity Campaign launch petition against the clampdown on protest rights
The petition calls on the Government to reserve "draconian" anti-protest laws and to halt plans for further attacks on our right to protest.
Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
Ben Burgis looks at the ramifications of the Trump administration's national security policy memorandum in the US.
Palestine – mass arrests of peaceful protesters show growing repression
"There’s no doubt that 4th October was another example of blatantly political policing."
Palestine coalition demands government stops suppressing protest for Palestine
"Disgracefully, anti-terror legislation is now being used to label non-violent direct action as terrorism, prosecute performance artists, and criminalise entirely peaceful protesters."
Defend the Right to Peaceful Protest – Joint Statement by 22 Union Leaders
Twenty-two general secretaries of the trade union movement have issued a statement expressing deep concern about the erosion of the right to peaceful protest.
Civil Liberties in War and Peacetime
Britain is adopting measures that are more repressive than some of those applied in wartime, warns Richard Price.
The Erosion of Protest Rights is a Threat to Democracy Itself – Kim Johnson MP
Kim Johson MP writes on the erosion of our right to protest - from disproportionate policing of peaceful campaigning to the introduction of draconian anti-protest legislation.
Court postpones trial of Palestine Coalition leaders as campaign continues
The Stop the War Coalition have responded to the postponement of the trial of Vice Chair Chris Nineham and Palestine Solidarity Campaign Director Ben Jamal.
Trial of Palestine Coalition leaders “an attack on all our movement”
The Stop the War Coalition have issued a statement ahead of the trial of Vice Chair Chris Nineham and Palestine Solidarity Campaign Director Ben Jamal.