Defend the right to protest: Support SOAS and Cambridge student encampments for Palestine

Universities are using expensive injunctions to silence student protests for Palestine. If they succeed, this could set a precedent for campuses across the UK. £30,000 NEEDED to challenge these repressive legal actions Protect student protesters from crippling legal costs.

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  • Arsenal fired Mark for standing against genocide. Support the legal battle for reinstating him and Palestinian solidarity!

    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.

  • ELSC Newsletter: June 2021

    This month we share with you updates from our work around Europe. In Brussels, we sent a joint letter to the EU commission challenging the political instrumentalization of the controversial IHRA definition, in the UK we assisted students and academics to challenge repression when they speak up in defence of Palestinian rights and we challenged…

  • Joint statement on censorship of Palestine campaigning in schools

    Repression and censorship have increased as mobilization and protests for Palestinian rights in Europe have grown in the past few weeks. In the UK, children in schools were reprimanded, suspended or even excluded for speaking up about Palestine or showing solidarity through symbols associated with Palestine like flags. The ELSC signed this joint statement along with British organizations to ask the government of the UK to end its repressive policies against activism in schools.

  • Opposing genocide is a moral duty. Defend the right to political dissent.

    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.

  • Q&A – Booking Sued for Laundering Profits from Israeli War Crimes in Palestine

    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…