@sheilaravnkilde.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Terror arrests up 660% due to PA ban
“so extreme as to render the UK an international outlier”
The Foreign Office had advised the Home Office that “its activity is largely viewed by international partners as activism and not extremism or terrorism”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
“so extreme as to render the UK an international outlier”
The Foreign Office had advised the Home Office that “its activity is largely viewed by international partners as activism and not extremism or terrorism”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Terror arrests surge by 660% due to Palestine Action ban
The protest group was proscribed under terror laws in July, a move that has been heavily criticised
www.independent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BREAKING: Terror arrests up 660% due to PA ban
“so extreme as to render the UK an international outlier”
The Foreign Office had advised the Home Office that “its activity is largely viewed by international partners as activism and not extremism or terrorism”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
“so extreme as to render the UK an international outlier”
The Foreign Office had advised the Home Office that “its activity is largely viewed by international partners as activism and not extremism or terrorism”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Well that didn’t take long, did it?
Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants
The Metropolitan and Greater Manchester forces earlier said they would make arrests over 'globalise the intifada' chants.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Well that didn’t take long, did it?
Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A Palestine Action activist who’s been on a 46-day hunger strike in prison, has been taken to hospital after her condition deteriorated.
Qesser Zuhrah was in HMP Bronzefield, awaiting trial over an alleged break-in at an Israel-based defence firm.
www.channel4.com/news/palesti...
Qesser Zuhrah was in HMP Bronzefield, awaiting trial over an alleged break-in at an Israel-based defence firm.
www.channel4.com/news/palesti...
Palestine Action activist taken to hospital after 46-day prison hunger strike
A Palestine Action activist who's been on a 46-day hunger strike in prison, has been taken to hospital after her condition deteriorated.
www.channel4.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Palestine Action activist who’s been on a 46-day hunger strike in prison, has been taken to hospital after her condition deteriorated.
Qesser Zuhrah was in HMP Bronzefield, awaiting trial over an alleged break-in at an Israel-based defence firm.
www.channel4.com/news/palesti...
Qesser Zuhrah was in HMP Bronzefield, awaiting trial over an alleged break-in at an Israel-based defence firm.
www.channel4.com/news/palesti...
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BREAKING:
Arrests for terrorism-related offences are up 660% from last year after Palestine Action was banned.
The vast majority of the total arrests - 1,706 - came in the last reported quarter to september 2025
1,630 arrests linked to supporting Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Arrests for terrorism-related offences are up 660% from last year after Palestine Action was banned.
The vast majority of the total arrests - 1,706 - came in the last reported quarter to september 2025
1,630 arrests linked to supporting Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BREAKING:
Arrests for terrorism-related offences are up 660% from last year after Palestine Action was banned.
The vast majority of the total arrests - 1,706 - came in the last reported quarter to september 2025
1,630 arrests linked to supporting Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Arrests for terrorism-related offences are up 660% from last year after Palestine Action was banned.
The vast majority of the total arrests - 1,706 - came in the last reported quarter to september 2025
1,630 arrests linked to supporting Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/terror...
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Our friend Church's appeal to fund this important - and, importantly, winnable - case against the Met has stalled. Please donate if you can. The Met is getting far too big for its boots and needs bringing down a peg or two.
chuffed.org/project/1591...
chuffed.org/project/1591...
Lambeth Bridge Justice
Hello, my name is Church,
chuffed.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our friend Church's appeal to fund this important - and, importantly, winnable - case against the Met has stalled. Please donate if you can. The Met is getting far too big for its boots and needs bringing down a peg or two.
chuffed.org/project/1591...
chuffed.org/project/1591...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Please watch and share this from Double Down News.
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BREAKING: Quesser Zuhrah is taken to hospital after crowds gathered at HMP Bronzefield following her rapid health deterioration after 46days of hunger strike.
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Quesser Zuhrah is taken to hospital after crowds gathered at HMP Bronzefield following her rapid health deterioration after 46days of hunger strike.
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org
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Met police agree to pay £7,500 to woman arrested over Gaza protest placard
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met police agree to pay £7,500 to woman arrested over Gaza protest placard
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Met police agree to pay £7,500 to woman arrested over Gaza protest placard
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Exclusive: Force to pay damages to Aisha Jung, who was put into a police van and held until 4am
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Palestine Action hunger strikers could die in prison: Families, lawyers
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
www.aljazeera.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Lawyers and relatives of the remand prisoners refusing food fear for their lives as they seek meeting with top minister.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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The likes of Sally Rooney, Kneecap, Denise Gough, The Pogues, Biig Piig, David Holmes, Killian Sunderman, Steve Wall and many more have signed Irish Artists for Palestine’s letter in solidarity with the hunger strikers taking place in British Prisons.
nialler9.com/over-200-iri...
nialler9.com/over-200-iri...
Over 200 Irish artists and athletes sign Irish Artists for Palestine's letter in solidarity with hunger strikers in UK | Nialler9
Over 200 musicians, actors, writers, performers and athletes including the likes of Sally Rooney, Kneecap, Denise Gough, The Pogues, Biig Piig, David Holmes,
nialler9.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The likes of Sally Rooney, Kneecap, Denise Gough, The Pogues, Biig Piig, David Holmes, Killian Sunderman, Steve Wall and many more have signed Irish Artists for Palestine’s letter in solidarity with the hunger strikers taking place in British Prisons.
nialler9.com/over-200-iri...
nialler9.com/over-200-iri...
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“The right to trial by jury is an ancient British freedom. It [would be] a terrible loss
Rather than dispensing with the core principles of English justice, it would surely be wiser for the Government to fund them”
We are going to fight to keep it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Rather than dispensing with the core principles of English justice, it would surely be wiser for the Government to fund them”
We are going to fight to keep it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“The right to trial by jury is an ancient British freedom. It [would be] a terrible loss
Rather than dispensing with the core principles of English justice, it would surely be wiser for the Government to fund them”
We are going to fight to keep it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
Rather than dispensing with the core principles of English justice, it would surely be wiser for the Government to fund them”
We are going to fight to keep it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
‘Can you get an ambulance? I’m scared’: How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How a Palestine Action hunger striker was left on her cell floor
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
Qesser Zuhrah was experiencing worsening chest pains and was told by a nurse ‘you don’t decide if you go to hospital, I do'
www.middleeasteye.net/news/can-you...
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Support the hunger strikers
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
Prisoners For Palestine –
A prisoner-led collective in the UK representing all those detained under charges related to Palestinian liberation.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Support the hunger strikers
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide.
They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials.
www.prisonersforpalestine.org
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DEFENDING TRIAL BY JURY
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
Defending Trial by Jury
Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has announced plans to drastically reduce the use of jury trials in England and Wales.
www.openrightsgroup.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
DEFENDING TRIAL BY JURY
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
A brilliant and informative piece from @sarachitseko.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
“Jury trials are not just a procedural detail, they are the cornerstone of democracy. They… provide a crucial check on state power.”
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/defendi...
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JUDGE SILAS REID APPEAL
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
JUDGE SILAS REID APPEAL
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
Defend Our Juries sign-holders have today visited the Royal Courts of Justice in support of five appellants found guilty of criminal damage after their trial was manipulated by a rogue judge who is accused of misleading the jury.
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Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested:
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Palestine Action Policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested:
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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There is nothing “fair” about the removal of trial by jury.
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
Bold modernisation of the criminal courts to put victims first and restore public confidence in the system
www.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There is nothing “fair” about the removal of trial by jury.
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. We must defend our juries.
GOV: Deputy Prime Minister to Announce 'Swift and Fair Justice'
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries in Lancaster:
"I am determined that this ban will not silence me. Along with thousands of people across the country, I am resisting this authoritarian crackdown and the government’s ongoing complicity with the Gaza genocide”
www.asianimage.co.uk/news/2566255...
"I am determined that this ban will not silence me. Along with thousands of people across the country, I am resisting this authoritarian crackdown and the government’s ongoing complicity with the Gaza genocide”
www.asianimage.co.uk/news/2566255...
More 'farce' as police forced to arrest 26 people in Lancaster
Under the law, it is a criminal offence to be a member of Palestine Action or to express support for it.
www.asianimage.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries in Lancaster:
"I am determined that this ban will not silence me. Along with thousands of people across the country, I am resisting this authoritarian crackdown and the government’s ongoing complicity with the Gaza genocide”
www.asianimage.co.uk/news/2566255...
"I am determined that this ban will not silence me. Along with thousands of people across the country, I am resisting this authoritarian crackdown and the government’s ongoing complicity with the Gaza genocide”
www.asianimage.co.uk/news/2566255...
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Derry & Strabane Council express solidarity with Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike despite unionist opposition
www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
Derry & Strabane Council express solidarity with Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike despite unionist opposition
Independent Derry City and Strabane District Councillor Gary Donnelly has claimed Unionist members have “sat on the fence regarding genocide” by questioning the legality of a motion in solidarity with...
www.derryjournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Derry & Strabane Council express solidarity with Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike despite unionist opposition
www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
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A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
Quaker climate activist appeals conviction after judge threatens the jury
A Quaker is appealing her climate conviction after a judge threatened the jury with contempt of court if they found defendants not guilty according to their conscience.
www.quaker.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
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David Lammy’s Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk ‘Increasing Miscarriages of Justice’
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
David Lammy's Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk 'Increasing Miscarriages of Justice'
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing "vital safeguards" and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
David Lammy’s Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk ‘Increasing Miscarriages of Justice’
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing “vital safeguards” and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
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The UK government closed the final day of the judicial review into Palestine Action by presenting secret evidence, hidden from both the group’s lawyers and the public, to justify its ban on the direct-action organisation.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
UK government lawyers use 'secret evidence' to justify ban on Palestine Action
Judges hear secret evidence as lawyers and public for Palestine-Action co-founder told to leave court during closed session
www.middleeasteye.net
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The UK government closed the final day of the judicial review into Palestine Action by presenting secret evidence, hidden from both the group’s lawyers and the public, to justify its ban on the direct-action organisation.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gove...
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Why is the UK scaling back jury trials, and why is it controversial?
Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Why is the UK scaling back jury trials, and why is it controversial?
Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.
www.aljazeera.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Why is the UK scaling back jury trials, and why is it controversial?
Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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Absurd. Police attempt to arrest the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor for holding a cardboard sign in opposition to genocide and the proscribing of Palestine Action… later de-arrested.
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical
You can't make this up! Police arrested a Jewish Palestine Action supporter for 'terrorism'—then de-arrested her after forgetting the evidence
www.thecanary.co
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Absurd. Police attempt to arrest the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor for holding a cardboard sign in opposition to genocide and the proscribing of Palestine Action… later de-arrested.
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
“Police slip-up on arrest of Jewish woman opposing genocide was farcical”
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...