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Landmark legal case seeks to challenge UK government’s use of IHRA definition of antisemitism to suppress Palestine advocacy On 9th July 2026, the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) issued a landmark human rights claim against the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in the County Court under the Human Rights Act 1998,…
In November 2024, Palestinian author susan abulhawa spoke at the Oxford Union about Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Her speech was watched online by over 250,000 people. The Oxford Union later took it down and reuploaded an edited version, cutting nearly two minutes without her consent and in breach of their own agreement. susan had accepted the invitation on the written condition that her speech would not be edited, the Oxford Union breached that agreement and undermined the rights of a Palestinian speaker to have her words preserved and shared in full.
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is representing three Palestine Solidarity groups in Germany taking legal action to challenge the German Domestic Intelligence Service (Verfassungsschutz)’s surveillance.
The groups, Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin and Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East – EJJP Germany e. V. (Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost), aim to push back against an escalating effort to intimidate and repress Palestine solidarity by German intelligence services.
In a new legal case, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is defending an antifascist activist’s right to commemorate at Holocaust memorial site Buchenwald, after she was banned and threatened with a criminal complaint by the memorial’s administration for wearing a Kufiya. This case challenges the criminalisation of Palestinian symbols and the role of memorial and cultural institutions in the repression of Palestine solidarity.
2025 has been a year of immense challenge and unwavering solidarity.
Amid an unrelenting genocide in Gaza and escalating repression across Europe, our work at the ELSC has grown stronger, more urgent, and more necessary than ever.
From historic mobilisations like the general strike in Italy, to our legal victories across Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and beyond, we continue to defend those standing for justice — and confront the systems that enable Israel’s violence.
This hope, this strength, comes from you.
As we look toward 2026, we are expanding our capacity to resist—and we ask for your support in our End of Year campaign.
Under the Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative, a coalition of lawyers, including the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), have submitted a 100-page criminal complaint to Germany’s Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe.
It names ten senior officials, from Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, for aiding and abetting genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity through their approval of arms exports to Israel.
The ELSC defends the Palestine solidarity movement across Europe and Britain. With 936 legal requests and 323 active cases since October 2023, we protect those targeted for resisting genocide. As governments escalate repression—banning protests, labeling activists as “extremists”—we urgently need your support. Legal defense is political resistance. Stand with us. Donate now.
Don’t Let Them Silence the Voices of Palestine – stand against the French government’s attempt to dissolve Urgence Palestine. Over 20 months, repression of the solidarity movement has surged, employing censorship, intimidation, legal measures to criminalise dissent. Support our emergency legal defence fund to protect freedom of expression and assembly.
Mark Bonnick, Arsenal’s kit man, for 12 years and was self-employed for 10 years prior totalling 22 years of service and lifelong fan, was wrongfully fired for speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. While Arsenal’s billion-dollar industry profits from “unity” slogans, Arsenal silenced Mark, a working-class worker and lifelong supporter for speaking out against a live-streamed genocide.
UK universities are cracking down on student protests for Palestine using expensive injunctions. If successful, these legal actions could set a dangerous precedent across all campuses. Help raise £30,000 to challenge these repressive measures and protect students from devastating legal costs. Every donation helps defend the right to protest.
Join us for a powerful night of art, resistance, and community at the ELSC’s London fundraiser. Featuring comedy, poetry, music, and film — all in support of the ELSC Legal Fund and the Palestine solidarity movement.
DUTCH BELOW 1. What is the criminal complaint about? The criminal complaint that the ELSC, Al-Haq, SOMO, and The Rights Forum filed is about Booking.com’s involvement in illegal Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). Our research shows that Booking.com profits from facilitating the rental of vacation homes built on land stolen from…
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