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Palestine Action terror ban too heavy-handed, former Supreme Court judge warns Starmer

The law that saw hundreds arrested for supporting the group on Saturday should be changed, Lord Sumption says

The Independent UK

Voices: Palestine Action demonstrators should not be prosecuted for placards

COMMENT: Indicating support for a terrorist organisation with a placard should not be a criminal offence, as it is inconsistent with the basic rights of free speech, says Jonathan Sumption

The Independent UK

The state-sponsored killing of journalists is another way to limit freedom of speech

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The assassination by Israeli forces of an Al Jazeera correspondent and his colleagues is a chilling reminder that, when international news organisations are denied entry to a war zone, the responsibility for telling the world of the destruction and the human cost falls to local reporters…

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Starmer faces furious backlash to ban on Palestine Action

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What will happen to people arrested at Palestine Action demonstration?

After more than 500 arrests on Saturday, anyone convicted under s12 of the Terrorism Act could get up to 14 years in jail

The Guardian - UK

Palestine Action co-founder accuses ministers of making defamatory claims

Huda Ammori says No 10’s allegations go against its own intelligence assessments, as pressure grows over mass arrests

The Guardian - UK

Courage and the Palestine Action arrests

Letters: Readers respond to a news report that said half of the 532 people arrested in a London protest were aged 60 or over

The Guardian - UK

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“Peaceful citizens of conscience have become terrorists, at the will of a human rights lawyer turned authoritarian." Massive Attack hit out at the "moral vacuum" of Keir Starmer's government as musician Peter Perrett, 73, is arrested at London protest

"UK civil liberties are trapped in a deeply cynical, manufactured crisis" - Robert del Naja

Louder

Met volunteer officer had 12-year-old perform sex act in public, court told

The defendant allegedly told one victim she ‘enjoyed being raped’ during sexual encounters.

Evening Standard

How long can overstretched Met Police cope if Palestine Action protests continue?

NEWS ANALYSIS: ‘Tiredness is setting in’ for overstretched Met police officers as protesters vow to continue flouting Palestine Action’s terror ban, writes Amy-Clare Martin

The Independent UK

Anger, fear and a total rejection of politics: the Palestine Action protest was a snapshot of Britain today

Keir Starmer’s government is treating voters with contempt. With the arrest of hundreds of protesters in London, for many, the feeling is mutual, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Palestine Action founder attacks 'defamatory' Labour claims about proscribed group

THE UK Government’s claims that Palestine Action is a “violent” organisation that has committed “significant injury” are false and…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - From XR to Palestine Action, the court process has become part of the protest

London’s criminal courts have been weighed down in recent years with a deluge of cases involving protesters – slow marching, sitting in the road, glueing hands to the tarmac, being generally obstructive to the police.

Evening Standard

Palestine Action has committed ‘violence’ and ‘significant injury’, No 10 says

Downing Street said ‘many people may not yet know the reality of this organisation.’

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Palestine Action ban ‘could become Starmer’s poll tax moment’ as freedom of speech row deepens

Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech

Evening Standard

Driver admits causing serious injury after crashing stolen car into care home

Two elderly residents at Highcliffe Care Home, Witherwack, Sunderland, died following the crash which happened last month.

The Independent UK

Voices: Arresting hundreds for protesting against a ban on Palestine Action shames us all

COMMENT: This is supposed to be a free country – but doling out criminal records to hundreds of pensioners should serve as a rebuke to the government, whose heavy-handed approach to this ‘terror’ organisation needs a rethink, says Sean O’Grady

Evening Standard

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza 'targeted by Israeli military smear campaign'

The IDF has claimed a slain Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent was secretly working with Hamas and responsible for a rocket attack against Israel

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Evening Standard

Two arrested in investigation into attempted murder of senior police officer

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was seriously injured after being shot in Co Tyrone in February 2023.

The Guardian - UK

Palestine Action is a ‘violent organisation’, Downing Street says after mass arrests over the weekend – as it happened

Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says as government defends decision to proscribe protest group

Evening Standard

Government vows Palestine Action supporters 'will feel the full force of the law' after 532 arrests at protest

It comes after the Met said policing the protest at the weekend posed ‘unrealistic’ challenges

Evening Standard

Palestine Action supporters ‘will feel full force of law’, justice minister says

More than 520 people were arrested during a demonstration in Parliament Square on Saturday for displaying an item in support of Palestine Action.

Evening Standard

‘Deport now, appeal later’ scheme expanded in drive to remove foreign criminals

The scheme allows the UK to deport offenders who have had a human rights claim against their removal rejected.

Evening Standard

Tim Rice: I would ‘consider’ using AI to help write songs

The songwriter wrote the hit musicals Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Evening Standard

Proscribing Palestine Action has ’empowered’ far-right, say protesters

An organiser of the Friends of Al Mawasi group, based in Hastings, said the UK Government has ’empowered’ extremists by proscribing Palestine Action.

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