Protest is not Terrorism
Open letter on the proscription of Palestine Action – Defend the right to protest against war and genocide
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- Open letter opposing criminalisation of the slogan ‘Globalise the Intifada’
- MPs, MEPs and councillors unite behind call to release Amu Gib on bail to join last week of Islington council campaign
- Scholars, writers and artists sign open letter saying “we oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action”
- ‘Arresting people for an offence that doesn’t exist’ – police haul off hundreds of protesters despite High Court ruling
- Glasgow TUC statement responds to the High Court ruling on the proscription of Palestine Action
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Extended version of an open letter opposing criminalisation of the slogan Globalise the Intifada 11 May 2026 We are profoundly alarmed by the growing attempts of politicians and public authorities to mischaracterise the phrase “globalise the intifada” as a call for violence against Jewish people, and to advocate for its criminalisation. This characterisation is unfounded…
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Independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, and MEPs Rima Hassan and Marc Botenga have been joined by the Green Party’s Mothin Ali and dozens of Independent and Green candidates and councillors in an appeal to the judge to grant bail to Amu Gib ahead of a hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday 1…
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This letter is posted on the Defend our Juries website https://defendourjuries.net/lift-the-ban/open-letter/ along with a press release that includes quotations from signatories at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FCFR4qOmbMheu2aT6btuhmnzcNZmZS21byxNWXJiFxk/ . The Guardian published a story about it on 24 April 2026 here https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/24/scholars-writers-artists-defy-ban-palestine-action-letter-judges 24 April 2026, Addressed to the Court of Appeal: We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action, Signed: * * …
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The Metropolitan Police arrested hundreds of people for holding cardboard signs with the words “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” in Trafalgar Square on 11 April, despite the High Court ruling that the government’s ban on the direct action group is unlawful. Hundreds of officers from the Met, assisted by police from as far…
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13 February 2026 Glasgow TUC welcomes the striking down of the ban on Palestine Action and today’s decision of the Judicial Review to proscribe the protest group as a terrorist organisation as unlawful. We said it at the time and have maintained ever since: protest is not terrorism. The exercise of our rights to freedom…
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The decision by the High Court to quash the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action must have immediate consequences for those who sought to enforce it. Thousands of people have been arrested and dozens had their homes raided and faced onerous bail conditions as a result of Yvette Cooper’s unlawful action. Dozens of prisoners detained…
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Dozens of distinguished scholars and authors from around the world have made a declaration in solidarity with prisoners in the UK whose long detention on remand on charges relating to activism for Palestine has sparked criticism from human rights organisations and UN experts. They include Naomi Klein, Angela Davis and Judith Butler alongside global scholars…
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Dozens of members of the national executive committees of the UK’s education unions NEU, UCU and EIS representing over 600,000 educators in schools, further education and universities are among 800 educators and trade unionists who have signed an open letter calling on the government to protect the lives of hunger-striking prisoners who have been jailed…
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To: Chief Constables, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Crown Prosecution Service As trade unionists and activists in the Palestine solidarity movement and beyond, we stand opposed to genocide and in solidarity with the campaign to reverse the proscription of Palestine Action as part of a broader campaign to defend the right to protest. We recognise…
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Around 1000 people defied calls from Keir Starmer and the Met Police for the suspension of the Defend our Juries protest against the proscription of Palestine Action on Saturday 4 October. Trade unionists from round the country joined hundreds taking part in the witness circle around the DoJ protest in solidarity, having issued a statement…
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