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Freedoms We Took For Granted In Britain

October 15, 2025 Jonathan Cook, Consortium News. , , , , ,
In interviews and a comment article over the weekend, the U.K. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson made clear she plans to exploit the pause in the Gaza genocide to snuff out criticism of Israel’s criminal actions — and, of course, her own government’s collusion in that criminality. Naturally, the British establishment media have been keen to amplify her message that there will be painful consequences both for individuals who continue protesting against Israeli atrocities and for institutions, such as universities, that mistakenly assume they have a duty to uphold centuries-old freedoms by tolerating such protests. These protests, let us remember, are fully in line with a ruling last year from the International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court.

Police Make Almost 500 Arrests At Palestine Action Protest In London

October 6, 2025 Robyn Vinter and Raphael Boyd, The Guardian. , , , , ,
Police have arrested almost 500 people in London at what organisers hoped would be the biggest demonstration so far against a ban on the proscribed organisation Palestine Action. Officers began arresting demonstrators at the silent vigil in support of the group, which has been classed by the UK government as a terror organisation since July this year. The first arrest took place shortly after 1pm as the seated protesters took out pens and wrote signs showing support for Palestine Action. Dozens of police were lined up to begin arresting members of the group, who were sitting silently on the pavement in the square. Early indications suggest the hundreds of protesters, with a mixture of ages and different backgrounds including many retirees, may not be enough to break the record for the number of arrests.

Israeli Arms Maker Shuts Site After Sustained Anti-Genocide Protests

September 6, 2025 The Cradle. , , , , , , ,
Israeli arms producer Elbit Systems closed its site in Bristol, UK, after years of protests by Palestine Action, The Guardian reported on 6 September. The facility at the Aztec West business park appeared deserted when the daily visited this week, with only a security guard present outside. Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, has leased the site since 2019 under a contract running until 2029. The company did not comment on the status of the facility. The site had been the focus of repeated protests, including one on 1 July, just days before the UK government banned Palestine Action under the 2000 Terrorism Act.

More Than 425 Arrested As Protesters Defy Ban On Palestine Action In London

September 6, 2025 Sammy Gecsoyler, The Guardian. , , , ,
More than 425 people have been arrested at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action. Defend Our Juries, who organised the demonstrations, said there were 1,500 sign-holders in Parliament Square on Saturday at a fresh protest in London against the ban. At the previous major demonstration last month, 532 people were arrested for taking part. Participants gathered in Parliament Square by 1pm, many holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” At just after 9pm, the Metropolitan police said it had made more than 425 arrests. The Met’s deputy assistant commissioner, Claire Smart, who led the operation, said: “In carrying out their duties today, our officers have been punched, kicked, spat on and had objects thrown at them by protesters.

UK Police Raids Home Of Palestine Action Supporters

September 3, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
Counterterrorism police in the UK arrested five members of Defend Our Juries (DOJ) in dawn raids on 2 September, just hours before the group was due to announce details of a mass protest in London. The press conference, which had been set to confirm that the threshold for Saturday’s action had been met, was postponed until Wednesday after UK police raided the homes of the five DOJ spokespeople, including former government lawyer Tim Crosland and law student Paddy Friend. DOJ said those detained were “key spokespeople,” including former government lawyer Tim Crosland and law student Paddy Friend. Witnesses reported that Friend was arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for hosting a Zoom call with campaign members.

September 6 Mass Action To Protest Palestine Action Ban Confirmed

September 2, 2025 Defend Our Juries, Popular Resistance. , , ,
On August 22, Defend Our Juries launched an official online pledge, seeking 1,000 commitments to take part in the next mass action in Parliament Square on 6th September. Over 2,500 people signed up to say they wanted to take part in the next Lift the Ban action before the 6th September date was announced. The action will only go ahead if 1,000 people make this official commitment to ensure a critical mass of people holding “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” signs on 6th September. The new online tool requires signees to pledge "I am committed to attending the mass-participation sign-holding action on September 6th 2025" and that "I understand that joining this action comes with risk of arrest and other legal consequences".

Another Mass Protest Against Palestine Action Ban Needs 1,000 People

August 14, 2025 The Canary. , , , , ,
Protesters are gearing up for the next mass ‘Lift The Ban’ demonstration against the Labour Party government’s proscription of Palestine Action – this time, on Saturday 6 September. It’s calling for people to sign up to swamp the Metropolitan Police – and cause maximum embarrassment for the Labour’s bare-faced liar of a home secretary Yvette Cooper. The action aims to push the government to finally ditch the preposterous ban on the non-violent direct action group. Following the Met’s sweep of arrests Saturday 9 August, Defend Our Juries plan to stand up again to the government’s unprecedented proscription of non-violent direct action group Palestine Action.

Amnesty Shows Support For Defend Our Juries As Group’s Site Taken Down

August 9, 2025 The Canary. , , ,
Defend Our Juries have confirmed they expect more than 500 people to take part in Saturday’s Lift The Ban pro-Palestine Action protest, which will take place in and around Parliament Square in London at 1pm. Meanwhile, Amnesty has intervened in the situation – after the Met Police threatened all participants with arrest. And on top of all this, Defend Our Juries website has been taken down – showing that any dissent from the Zionist lobby’s agenda in the UK will not be tolerated. As SKWAWKBOX wrote: The defendourjuries.org website has been disabled by apparent government legal threat to the site’s hosting provider. The site provided legal advice to those affected by the government’s ‘lawfare’ war on freedom of speech and protest about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, informed potential jurors about their rights in court to decide their verdict regardless of orders and pressure from the Establishment – and also campaigned for the de-proscription of Palestine Action, the anti-genocide direct action group banned as a terrorist organisation in an unprecedented, and Israel-lobby-driven, move last month that makes support for it a criminal offence punishable by up to fourteen years imprisonment.

Yvette Cooper Just Doubled Down On Her Palestine Action Lies

August 5, 2025 Steve Topple, The Canary. , , ,
Defend Our Juries has confirmed that 500+ people have committed to holding ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’ signs on Saturday 9 August in central London, as part of the Lift the Ban campaign to end the proscription of Palestine Action. The news comes as Yvette Cooper went in the corporate media to repeat her lies that Palestine Action are a ‘violent threat’ to the country. The controversy over the government’s banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist group has continued unabated. As the Canary previously reported, on Wednesday 30 July the High Court granted permission to Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, to bring a full judicial review against the order of Yvette Cooper, proscribing the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’.

UK High Court Grants Palestine Action Judicial Review Over Proscription

July 30, 2025 Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye. , , ,
A High Court Judge has ruled in favour of Palestine Action and granted the direct action group a judicial review to oppose the UK government’s ban on the pro-Palestine group. Justice Martin Chamberlain ruled on Wednesday that he would grant Palestine Action’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, a judicial review after hearing submissions from her lawyer and the government. The judge also dismissed an additional attempt to temporarily lift the suspension of the group and set the judicial review to take place in November 2025 over three days. The ruling marks a setback for the government, which has faced criticism over its handling of the proscription and concerns that the ban on Palestine Action could be used to stifle criticism of Israel.

Voices From The Terror List: Palestine Action Members Speak Out

July 25, 2025 Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. , , ,
On July 1, British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced that Palestine Action (PA), a crusading campaign effort, would be proscribed as a terrorist group. Describing the movement as “dangerous,” she charged that its “orchestration and enaction of aggressive and intimidatory attacks against businesses, institutions and the public” had “crossed the thresholds established in the Terrorism Act 2000.” As a result, PA is now the country’s first protest group to be formally branded a terrorist entity, placing it in the same league as al-Qaida and ISIS.

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had A Chilling Effect On The Press

July 22, 2025 Charlotte England, Novara Media. , , ,
On Saturday 5 July, the day Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation, 29 people were arrested for sitting in Parliament Square with handwritten signs that read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Among them was an 83-year-old priest, Sue Parfitt, who described the significance of the action – it was “testing out the law”, she told our reporter. It was always clear to us at Novara Media that the protest would be newsworthy, whether arrests were made or not. We agreed with Parfitt: how the state responded would be telling.

Public Applauds ‘Terror’ Suspects; Major Escalation Of Palestine Action Protests

July 20, 2025 The Canary. , , ,
On Saturday 19 July, police arrested nearly 100 more people under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”, bringing the number to around 200 since Palestine Action became a proscribed organisation on 5 July. Again the police were divided in their response, with common sense prevailing in Edinburgh, Derry, and outside the British Embassy in The Hague, where peaceful protestors were left undisturbed. By contrast, the Met Police arrested 55 in Parliament Square. 17 were arrested in Bristol, 16 in Manchester and 8 in Truro.

A ‘Draconian’ United Kingdom Government

July 15, 2025 Craig Murray, Consortium News. , , ,
When we restarted at 2 p.m., Raza Husain noted that the secretary of state had submitted no argument as to why the proscription had to enter into force immediately. He continued that the statutory instrument proscribing Palestine Action was not to be viewed as having the same authority as primary legislation, and had undergone a very truncated parliamentary procedure. Amendment had not been possible. It was more properly characterised as an executive instrument subject to parliamentary veto. Judge Chamberlain agreed, and noted it had also included the Maniac Murder Cult and it had not been possible for Parliament to separate the groups.

Cops In Chaos Over How To Respond To Palestine Action Protests

July 15, 2025 The Canary. , , , ,
The UK-wide protests on Saturday 12 July against the proscription of Palestine Action have exposed a stark divide in the policing response across different forces. Raids and repression to different degrees across the country are indicative of the chaos the government has unleashed with its order that permits police to treat protestors holding cardboard signs as if they were terrorists. The spectrum of responses on Saturday ranged from a hands-off approach in Kendal and Derry, to surreal repression in Cardiff, where cops locked protestors up, raided their homes, and tested their food cupboards with something appearing to be a Geiger counter.
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