Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by JONES Owen
In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail
Police remove 83-year-old retired vicar Sue Parfitt from a protest in support of Palestine Action in Parliament Square, central London, 5 July 2025. Photograph: (…)
, by MONBIOT George
With their illiberal attitudes and ever more draconian use of technology to crack down on protest, it is ministers who now imperil our rights
Palestine Action protesters in Bristol after spray-painting the outside of the Allianz building, 14 April 2025. Photograph: Martin Pope/Zuma Press (…)
, by KELLAWAY Dave
The mass movement for solidarity with the population of Gaza and of Palestine worldwide is labelled antisemitic and subject to repression both collectively by the banning of Palestine solidarity organizations (Palestine Action in Britain labelled as terrorist, threat of dissolution against (…)
, par GORDON-BATES Kim
Dear Sir Keir ;
I’ve been wanting to write to you for some time but the urge to do so has now become impossible to ignore. I doubt somehow whether this letter will actually reach you. I sincerely hope it does, at least in an abridged form perhaps.
First of all let me introduce myself : I am (…)
, by HILTON Em
A musician’s anti-IDF slogan isn’t what is making British Jews less safe. The escalating repression of Palestine solidarity as ‘antisemitic’ is.
Britain’s political and media class are currently seething with performative rage over a slogan chanted at a music festival last weekend. After rap (…)
, by HANNAH Simon
The Labour government at Westminster proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a ridiculous undemocratic move by a government that only exists to perpetuate war and capitalism, argues Simon Hannah
Two Palestine Action members damaged some war planes at a UK air base in (…)
, by RANCE Roland
Roland Rance critises the ramping up of the state’s determination to further criminalise protest and calls for action to fight back
The police harassment and disruption of the 18 January Palestine solidarity demonstration in London is evidence of a growing intolerance towards these events, (…)
, by NORRIS Sian
Revealed: Former government’s anti-immigration laws have had horrifying consequences for modern slavery victims
Hundreds of modern slavery victims are in prison | Credit: Pexels/Composition by James Battershill
In October 2022, the Home Office made what could have been viewed as a small (…)
, by SHAFFI Sarah, WEAVER Matthew
Éditions la Fabrique says foreign rights manager Ernest Moret was held for several hours and asked ‘disturbing questions’ about his political opinions.
The French publishing house whose employee was arrested on terror charges on his way to London book fair has said it is “chilling” that he (…)
, by SABBAGH Dan, WEAVER Matthew
Ernest Moret was interrogated by UK counter-terrorist police when he arrived in London on Tuesday.
Suella has been condemned by a group of MEPs over the arrest in London of a French publisher who was interrogated by counter-terrorist police about his political views and “anti-government” (…)
, by La Fabrique, Verso Books
La Fabrique’s foreign rights manager Ernest has been released on bail, but charges unknown and his property remains with police. Our colleague has been summoned to London in four weeks’ time by the British anti-terrorist unit.
La Fabrique’s foreign rights manager Ernest, has finally been (…)
Leading media freedom organisations call for libel action against ‘public interest’ journalism to be dropped
A group of influential rights organisations have signalled their strong support for openDemocracy’s “public interest” journalism in the face of legal threats, in a joint statement (…)
, by The Network for Police Monitoring
Like previous government restrictions on an individual’s liberty to ‘protect the public’, Serious Disruption Prevention Orders are the end-point of increasing state repression
The inclusion in the government’s new Public Order Bill of new Serious Disruption Prevention Orders – banning (…)
, by PORTES Jonathan
Are rightwing academics being silenced? The Policy Exchange thinktank says they are – and it has plans for cracking down.
Another day, another skirmish in Britain’s culture war. Once again, universities have found themselves on the frontline. According to a report from the thinktank Policy (…)
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