PSC endorses Palestinian civil society statement on IHRA Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes and endorses the statement issued today from a broad coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations, calling upon the Labour Party and wider public bodies to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism (statement follows below, original here). The call references similar statements issued by …
Migrant, Refugee, and BAME Communities Speak out Against Public Silence As migrant and BAME groups in Britain, we reaffirm our fundamental right to the freedom of expression, and publicly to express our anxieties about the suppression of information on the history and lived experience of our communities. Many of us arrived in the UK as …
We are calling on the Government to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements. Words of condemnation are not sufficient to prevent the colonisation of Palestine. Now is the time for action! For the last 50 years Israel has been expanding settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, displacing entire Palestinian communities in the process. …
Palestinians in the UK speak out for the right to freedom of speech The fundamental right to free expression, guaranteed by article 10 of the Human Rights Act, is first and foremost the right to “receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority”. We write to provide news of our existence, in the …
London council to debate banning those calling for Israel boycott on grounds of ‘antisemitism’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 July 2018 Contact: Hilary Aked, Media and Communications Officer, Palestine Solidarity Campaign hilary.aked [at] palestinecampaign.org / 07590862268 London council to debate banning those calling for Israel boycott on grounds of ‘antisemitism’ Council to debate banning organisations boycotting …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls on Foreign Secretary to demand Israel immediately release all flotilla participants and end the illegal siege of Gaza The Palestine Solidarity Campaign today sent the following urgent letter to UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Dear Foreign Secretary, Open letter re: ensuring safe passage of the 2018 International Freedom Flotilla and …
On May 20th, PSC marked 70 years of Nakba with a conference in London about the right of return. Below is a short summary of each session: Session 1: The Nakba, Refugees and International Law Salma Karmi–Ayyoub – Lawyer and external consultant for the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq Hazem Jamjoum – Doctoral candidate in Modern Middle East …
PSC is disappointed by the Court of Appeal’s decision, which fails to protect the right of pension holders to make ethical decisions regarding the investment of their funds. On May 17th, 2018, the Court of Appeal heard the Government’s appeal of a High Court ruling that determined they had acted for an improper purpose by …
TAKE ACTION: WRITE TO YOUR MP: STOP THE KILLING On the 14th May Israel massacred 60 Palestinians, among them 8 children, and injured a further 2,400, including 200 children. This came as Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of Nakba – when they were ethnically cleansed from their land – and protested against the US embassy move …