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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An antifascist activist was expelled from the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial for wearing a Kufiya. After banning her and threatening criminal charges, the memorial foundation defended the decision in court by claiming the Kufiya is linked to anti-Jewish positions. The ELSC is challenging this decision and fighting to have the ban declared unlawful.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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