Home secretary defends Palestine Action arrests: ‘More than a regular protest group’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025
Voices: Why can’t Palestinian students from Gaza take up their university places in Britain? COMMENT: Unless the UK expedites the safe passage of Palestinians with university offers, the government will have abetted the wiping out of scholarship in Gaza, says Oxford emeritus professor Avi Shlaim The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025
‘I’m an ex-army officer whose family fled the Nazis. This is why the Palestine Action ban should be overturned’ Over 500 people were arrested last Saturday under terror laws, for holding placards in support of Palestine Action The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025
Palestine Action ‘more than a regular protest group’, says home secretary as 60 more face charges The home secretary wrote that ‘lawful protest is a fundamental right but violent criminality is not’ The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025
Cooper says Palestine Action ‘more than a regular protest group’ The Home Secretary wrote in The Observer that ‘lawful protest is a fundamental right but violent criminality is not’. Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2025
Police Scotland 'breaching human rights to subdue Palestine protests', activists say POLICE Scotland is facing allegations of having breached people’s human rights in a bid to “subdue” pro-Palestine protests ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2025
Police arrest 13 people at Palestine Action protest in Norwich Protesters holding placards outside City Hall detained on suspicion of displaying item in support of proscribed group The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025
Police make multiple arrests at Norwich protest supporting Palestine Action A group assembled outside City Hall in St Peters Street holding placards, police said. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
Pro-Palestine protesters chant ‘RAF shame on you’ at air base demonstration Hundreds of people gathered along the barbed wire fence of RAF High Wycombe on Saturday afternoon. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
‘I’m proud to have made this stand’: over-60s arrested at Palestine Action ban protest explain their decision From a retired British colonel to a Catholic priest, half of the 532 people arrested in Parliament Square were 60 or older. Many believe they had a greater share of responsibility to take in defending the right to free speech The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025
Police Scotland chief challenged over 'heavy-handed' policing of Palestine protests THE Chief Constable of Police Scotland has been challenged over the force’s approach to policing pro-Palestine protests, after more than 500… The National (Scotland) · Aug 16, 2025
UK to prosecute 60 more people for backing banned Palestine Action group Since the controversial ban on July 7, more than 700 people have been detained at peaceful protests. Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025
Another 60 people to be prosecuted for ‘showing support for Palestine Action’ More prosecutions are expected in the coming weeks, the Metropolitan Police said. Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025
Why it’s time we had a curfew for pensioners Brief letters: Over-65s | Feast magazine | Family sayings | Kids say the loveliest things The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 Britain’s rights watchdog warns against heavy-handed policing amid Gaza demos The EHRC chairwoman said any interference with protest rights ‘must be lawful and assessed case-by-case’.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025 UK rights watchdog warns against ‘heavy-handed’ policing of Gaza protests EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression
The Conversation · Aug 15, 2025 Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of Britain’s counter-terrorism laws The proscription of Palestine Action – banning membership or support for the organisation on the ground that the home secretary believes it is “concerned in terrorism” – has led to hundreds of arrests, two legal challenges and many questions about the state of protest rights in the UK.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025 Palestine Action prosecutions should be suspended, say UK rights groups Campaigners tell attorney general that proceeding with trials before judicial review raises legal and moral questions
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025 Friday briefing: How Palestine Action arrests expose a new authoritarian edge to UK police In today’s newsletter: From peaceful demonstrations to political strategy, recent arrests reveal how the battle for key voters seems to be the biggest influence on the way the law is enforced
The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025 Read leaked report which 'proves Yvette Cooper is lying about Palestine Action' A LEAKED report setting out the UK Government’s rationale for banning Palestine Action blows a hole in the Home Secretary’s case, it has been…
The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025 Leaked document leaves Government's Palestine Action case in tatters, says campaigner A LEAKED document has left the UK Government’s case for banning Palestine Action under terror laws in tatters, it has been claimed.
The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025 Arms firms lobbied for Palestine Action 'terrorists' label, files reveal AN arms lobby group pressed both the UK and Scottish Governments to curb movements from Palestine Action more than a month before the group was…
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025 Voices: What a cheek! The US is in no position to lecture us about free speech COMMENT: An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025 Voices: I watched the police arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters – I fear Britain is on a slippery slope towards authoritarianism COMMENT: What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation
The National (Scotland) · Aug 13, 2025 Acclaimed Scottish screenwriter wears 'Palestine Action' T-shirt at Fringe An acclaimed Scottish screenwriter wore a T-shirt during a Fringe appearance bearing a pro-Palestine slogan for which protesters have been arrested…