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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 11h

“Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging”

- The New World Magazine

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Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

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Tony Booth @tonybooth1.bsky.social · 1d

I sat on the Defend our Juries protest as a Jew opposing genocide and antisemitism countering the absurd insult that to oppose genocide is antisemitic. @defendourjuries.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social @jewishvoice.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Netpol @netpol.org · 3d

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

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filmnathan @filmnathan.bsky.social · 3d

While being arrested for holding a placard, one protester recites a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam who was killed, along with her entire family, by an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d

It is not unlawful to oppose the proscription of Palestine Action.

This is one of many unlawful arrests over recent weeks, not including over 2,000 people who have been arrested for holding signs stating “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action”.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d

UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d

“Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.”

They’re enabling a genocide and silencing opposition. This is authoritarianism.

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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 493 at Palestine Action protest

The bulk of the arrests were made at Trafalgar Square, where around 1,000 protesters sat silently, some holding signs.

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‘Enough is enough’ says chief of police federation over Palestine Action rally

Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not ...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

A police officer unnecessarily kneels on the chest of a peaceful protestor, before arresting him for a 'terror' offence for holding a sign which says "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

"Palestine remains the story"

As a protestor is carted off by police for holding a sign against genocide and the Palestine Action ban, she states that genocide in Gaza remains the story.

We won't be silenced whilst our government is participating in murdering Palestinians.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

In November, we will be escalating the mass defiance to the ban across the country and in London.

Sign up to take action: actionnetwork.org/forms/lift-t...

Lift The Ban

Thousands of people have been arrested for opposing the government’s absurd ban on Palestine Action and for standing against UK complicity in genocide. In November, the campaign will take action all a...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Protestors in Rome hold signs against genocide and the Palestine Action ban, in solidarity with those facing arrest in Trafalgar Sq today.

The movement against genocide is global, and it rejects labelling those who disrupt the Israeli weapons industry as 'terrorists'.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Devon and Cornwall Police did NOT arrest protestors today for signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

In sharp contrast, Met police are mass arresting protestors in Trafalgar Square for holding the same signs, despite claiming limited resources.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

Police arrest peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs in opposition to genocide and the Palestine Action ban.

The absurd proscription was a huge political misstep that has led to over a thousand people arrested for sign holding. It must be lifted.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

Lift the Ban will be escalating the campaign around the UK and in London in November.

Sign up to take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/lift-t...

Lift The Ban

Thousands of people have been arrested for opposing the government’s absurd ban on Palestine Action and for standing against UK complicity in genocide. In November, the campaign will take action all a...

actionnetwork.org

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Over a thousand people gather in Trafalgar Square to oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.

Police have already started arresting peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Banner drop on Westminster Bridge ahead of the mass silent vigil taking place in Trafalgar Square today.

The banner says "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

As the genocide escalates in Gaza, and our rights to oppose it are under threat, we must resist.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

“As a Jewish person… I’m very disturbed and appalled and grieving for what’s happened in Manchester yesterday, I’m also grieving for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered, displaced, and starved in Gaza” - Zoe explained on BBC R4 why she supports DOJ.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

“Defend our Juries protest must proceed as planned” - Jewish Voice for Labour

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/defe...

Defend our Juries protest must proceed as planned

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

You’re right, that is a silly message. Seems like you’re inciting violence?

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a silent vigil. You can read our statement on our website: defendourjuries.net/lift-the-ban/

Lift The Ban - Defend Our Juries

Following intensive lobbying by representatives of the Israeli government and the arms industry such as Lord Walney, dishonestly presented to the public as ‘independent advisers’, Palestine Action hav...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

“Cancel pro-Palestine marches, Home Secretary demands”

Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. End UK complicity in genocide.

Also, not a march, tomorrow’s event is a peaceful vigil in opposition to genocide. Always has been.

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d

“Police ask for protest against Palestine Action ban to be postponed after Manchester attack

Organisers say protest will go ahead as planned and it is up to Met whether or not it prioritises arrests”

The police are welcome to use resources elsewhere 🤷

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police ask for protest against Palestine Action ban to be postponed after Manchester attack

Exclusive: Organisers say protest will go ahead as planned and it is up to Met whether or not it prioritises arrests

www.theguardian.com

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d

ACTION TO GO AHEAD AS PLANNED

Today, the Metropolitan Police wrote to us to ask that we postpone Saturday’s mass protest in Trafalgar Square, citing “significant pressure on policing”.

Our response in short: Don’t arrest us then.

Our full response: defendourjuries.net/wp-content/u...

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