PSC condemns in the strongest possible terms US President Donald Trump’s plans for the mass ethnic cleansing of 2.3 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a press conference accompanied by Benjamin Netanyahu – a fugitive from the International Criminal Court – Trump has said that “the US will take over the Gaza Strip” and …
Yesterday I voluntarily attended an interview with the Metropolitan Police, to address allegations that I led, and incited others to join, a procession which forced its way through a Police line at the top of Whitehall, thereby breaching conditions imposed upon our protest. Within 2 hours of the interview concluding, Police officers turned up at …
The Metropolitan Police has promoted a misleading narrative about the events in Whitehall and Trafalgar Square, claiming that a peaceful delegation pushed through police lines in an attempt to justify their repressive actions on Saturday 18 January. This could not be further from the truth. On Saturday 18 January, we organised a rally on Whitehall …
As a group of civil society organisations we advocate for public bodies not to invest in, or procure from, companies involved in human rights abuses, abuse of workers’ rights, destruction of our planet, or any other harmful acts. Many of our organisations have called on Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds to divest from companies enabling …
PSC shares the immense relief expressed by Palestinians at the ceasefire agreement that promises to stop the immediate catastrophic loss of life caused by Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip. The violence must end now. On Wednesday – the very day that the ceasefire was announced – Israel killed more than 80 Palestinians, 30 of …
We have met with the Metropolitan Police today after they declared their intention to use draconian powers to prevent our planned protest at the BBC on Portland Place on Saturday 18 January. Regrettably, the response of the police has made abundantly clear that the real aim is to block us from protesting at the BBC …
Last week, the Metropolitan Police publicly confirmed its intention to prevent our planned protest at the BBC on Saturday 18 January, by imposing an exclusion order banning Palestine solidarity protestors from entering the area surrounding the BBC throughout the day. We will not be silenced. Since the Police announced their imposing of orders to prevent …
13 Holocaust survivors, and survivor descendants, have written an open letter in the Guardian opposing the ban on our national demonstration taking place outside the BBC on 18th January. The letter is printed in full below with the signatories: The Metropolitan police intend to ban the 18 January Palestine march from the area around the BBC headquarters in …
We strongly condemn police attempts to stop an agreed march for Palestine from protesting at the BBC on 18 January. The route for the march was confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and as agreed with them, was publicly announced on 30 November. This route has only been used twice in the last …
Today we have been informed by the Metropolitan Police that they intend to go back on a previous agreement and impose conditions to prevent us marching from BBC HQ at Portland Place on Saturday 18 January. We have already announced our intention to assemble outside the BBC to protest against the pro-Israel bias of its …