{"id":7608,"date":"2025-08-12T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elsc.support\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:24:13","slug":"new-elsc-report-europes-proscription-of-palestine-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsc.support\/de\/new-elsc-report-europes-proscription-of-palestine-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ELSC report: Europe\u2019s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_9cb712-14\">London, 12 August 2025 \u2013 Following recent UK court hearings on the ban of Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, and the arrest of over 500 protesters on 9 August 2025 for defying the proscription, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is publishing a comprehensive report, Europe\u2019s Proscription of Palestine Solidarity, exposing the systematic criminalisation of Palestine solidarity groups across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_2c1d22-85\">Proscription \u2013 the legal designation of groups as \u2018terrorist\u2019 or unlawful, often without due process \u2013 has become a key tool in the repression of Palestine solidarity. The development of this tool of repression and the inconsistency of its enforcement constitute a deliberate tactic that aims at creating a climate of fear where the boundaries of \u2018legality\u2019 remain opaque. While some face arrest for merely holding placards opposing the Israeli genocide against Palestinians or chanting \u2018From the River to the Sea\u2019 at a protest, others are spared. This uncertainty \u2013 who will be targeted next, under what pretext \u2013 is the point.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_824062-fa\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_824062-fa\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_824062-fa\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_824062-fa wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_824062-fa\">To expose this systematic repression, the report draws on case studies from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and France, and offers a comparative analysis demonstrating how legal mechanisms \u2013 reminiscent of colonial emergency laws \u2013 are being weaponised to suppress political dissent and criminalise Palestine solidarity. The UK&#8217;s Terrorism Act (granting broad powers to ban groups deemed \u2018terrorist\u2019), Germany\u2019s Associations Act (allowing the dissolution of groups accused of \u2018undermining constitutional order\u2019), and France\u2019s dissolution powers (used against groups accused of \u2018inciting hatred or violence\u2019) function as legal tools that perpetuate racist, selective enforcement. They disproportionally target marginalised communities and their allies, under the guise of maintaining \u2018public order\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_f24d39-09\">The research further demonstrates how this repression is enabled by the convergence of state actors, Zionist lobby groups, and arms manufacturers, reproducing historical patterns of political control and colonial violence. Just as colonial administrations framed liberation movements as existential threats, today&#8217;s states designate Palestine solidarity as \u2018terrorism\u2019, thereby justifying repression while protecting their complicity in the Israeli settler-colonial and ethno-nationalist project and its ongoing genocide in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_e3ed4a-13\">Belgium and Italy are now escalating similar efforts that could pave the way for future proscriptions. Yet the report underscores that the intensity of this crackdown reflects the growing power of Palestine solidarity movements. While these bans aim to chill broader support for Palestinian liberation, historical precedent suggests such repressive tactics often fail in the face of determined collective movements for justice.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_aeb045-a2\">This report serves both as documentation of alarming developments across Europe and as a reminder that standing in solidarity with oppressed and colonised peoples cannot be legislated away.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_6e330e-c3\">\u2018At the ELSC, we document repression not as a deterrent, but as a call to collective action. The escalating crackdown on Palestine solidarity across Europe is not inevitable; it is a challenge to be met with unity. The use of \u2018anti-terror\u2019 measures and other mechanisms of repression show us the fragility of power; how fiercely it clings to silence, and how easily it unravels when confronted by organised resistance. The bans, raids, and prosecutions detailed here are not signs of the movement\u2019s weakness, but of its growing strength\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7608_bdffa5-b1\">This report was produced by the ELSC\u2019s Monitor and Research Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/elsc.support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Europes-Proscription-of-Palestine-Solidarity.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:370px\" aria-label=\"Einbettung von &lt;strong&gt;Download the full report here&lt;\/strong&gt;.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b0b16ea0-4898-4417-a71a-f78b26924289\" href=\"https:\/\/elsc.support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Europes-Proscription-of-Palestine-Solidarity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Download the full report 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