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Netpol @netpol.org · Jul 29

Netpol has updated and expanded our guidance on the government’s decision to ban Palestine Action, in response to the many questions we received. This includes fundraising for prisoners, criticising the ban and differences in the way offences are dealt with in Scotland netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...

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Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social · 14h

As Gratwick does not have a record for such offences dating from the time, this is hard to prove, and it is unlikely we will ever know. Yet, some activists recall police officers telling them there was a paedophile on the camps.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/10/14/d...

Did police know their informant was a paedophile? - Freedom News

The recent conviction is especially troubling for those who had children at Newbury Bypass protest camp ~ Helen Beynon ~ The man I now know as Nich…

freedomnews.org.uk

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rob evans @robevansgdn.bsky.social · 21h

The mother of Stephen Lawrence has alleged at the undercover policing public inquiry that the Home Office was “directly involved” in the “egregious and unlawful” surveillance of her family’s campaign for justice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Doreen Lawrence alleges Home Office was involved in Met spying on family

‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 21h

Or, as someone put it earlier this year... this is repression bsky.app/profile/netp...

Netpol @netpol.org · Mar 19

Our report is now live and available to download at netpol.org/state-of-pro...

This is Repression - Annual State of Protest Report 2024

Netpol @netpol.org · 21h

'The UK is leading by bad example, abusing the international standards to which it itself agreed by bringing in these draconian laws that are designed to stop protest against any of the issues that are uncomfortable for the UK government." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 23h

Some British government ministers don't want anyone to talk about genocide in Gaza or Britain's complicity in it www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Telegraph headline: Shabana Mahmood: Some pro-Palestinian protesters don’t want peace in Middle East. Subheading: Home Secretary questions motives of some activists over marches held after Gaza peace deal struck

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

According to one of our crew involved in preparing it, today's opening statements by Netpol co-founder Newham Monitoring Project is a damning condemnation of police racism and the Inquiry's abject failure to understand it

Rajesh Thind @rajeshthind.bsky.social · 1d

The Undercover Policing Inquiry returns today, 13th Oct 10am, starting with 3 days of opening statements, online only. This will be 3rd Tranche of hearings, which will look at deployments of Special Demonstration Squad officers from 1993 until that unit was closed in 2007 youtube.com/@undercoverp...

Undercover Policing Inquiry

The Official YouTube account of the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Please email [email protected] to contact the Inquiry.

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Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social · 3d

“Despite the UK government claiming to have suspended arms licenses to Israel and thousands of people demonstrating in the streets, weapons continue to flow from Bristol”, an activist was quoted in a press statement.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/10/11/b...

Bristol activists blockade Elbit - Freedom News

Filton facility’s involvement in the ongoing genocide in Gaza has prompted a range of groups to take action there ~ Scott Harris ~ Around 40 …

freedomnews.org.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 3d

Hundreds of thousands are expected to attend today's Palestine Coalition protest. Pro-Israel groups and rightwing media say there's now no reason to march because of the ceasefire – but there's no peace without justice, and no justice on the horizon www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Hundreds of thousands set to attend pro-Palestine protest this weekend

The Metropolitan Police anticipate a counter-protest by Stop The Hate at the Aldwych and Strand junction

www.independent.co.uk

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Permanent facial recognition cameras are now live in Croydon – with no clear laws and no safeguards to protect our rights.

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

One of our team was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaching protest restrictions, even though they weren't protesting – because wearing a keffiyeh while walking down the street is "reasonable suspicion".

This is the result of Starmer's crackdown: we're back in time to Nov 2023 under the Tories

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

Date for your diary: United Families and Friends Campaign Annual Remembrance Procession

🗓️ Saturday 25 October
📍 Trafalgar Square,
🕕 12 noon

No more deaths in custody. United Families and Friends Campaign Annual Remembrance Procession. Saturday 25 October 2025. Trafalgar Square, 12 noon

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Green & Black Cross @gbclegal.bsky.social · 5d

The more they try to silence us the louder we will be!! No matter how much the media and state try to intimidate and suppress us - we have rights! Join us for a 101 training on your legal rights at protests.

📅 Tues 14th or Mon 20th Oct 18.30-20.30

➡️ Register NOW: www.greenandblackcross.org/events

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

"Our entire political and legal system has — to-date — failed us, and more importantly, failed the Palestinian people" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/prot...

Protesters to rally outside Royal Courts of Justice to challenge ruling on Israel arms exports

PROTESTERS will rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice tomorrow morning during an appeal over Britain’s arms sales to Israel.Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq has been in an ongoing lega...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

A profound relief for Starmer, who sees another opportunity to avoid Britain's complicity in Israeli genocide

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

During a press conference in India, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the new Gaza ceasefire deal marks “a moment of profound relief that will be felt around the world”.

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

For the benefit of the cops and the Telegraph, "Intifada 87" is clearly a reference to the First Intifada, where Palestinian mass protests, civil disobedience and strikes were brutally crushed by Israel.

Read a book, FFS...

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

On Tuesday we warned that the Home Secretary could "ban more groups as rebranded versions of Palestine Action. Legislation already makes this possible".

Now it's happening

Telegraph headline: "Police to assess if pro-Palestinian group Intifada 87 broke terror laws". Subheading: "Counter-terrorism officers investigate whether name illegally supports Hamas, which was founded in 1987"

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

"The escalating crackdowns under Starmer’s Labour expose not only its authoritarian instincts but also its political weakness. It is scrambling to shut down every avenue of opposition because it knows its agenda lacks legitimacy and popular support". tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/labo...

Labour’s War on Protest

Labour’s plan to criminalise recurring protests strikes at the heart of democratic life, transforming political freedom into a privilege granted by the state.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

Universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/uni...

UK universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show - Liberty Investigates

libertyinvestigates.org.uk

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 9d

Police in Cornwall do not arrest Palestine Action protesters.

A spokesperson for the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) said:

“The actions of Cornwall & Devon Police today exposes the policing priorities of the Metropolitan Police and this government"

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2551788...

Cornwall police choose not to arrest Palestine Action protesters

It was in stark contrast to a similar demo outside Truro Cathedral in July when all eight silent protesters were arrested.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 6d

Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35 freedomnews.org.uk/2025/10/08/p...

Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35 - Freedom News

Stop Arming Israel targets Forged Solutions over role in supplying fighter jets used in Gaza ~ Scott Harris ~ Sheffield-based protest group Stop Ar…

freedomnews.org.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 6d

A guest post on the Netpol website by Medb McDaid: news that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been involved in arrests at a London protest should be a matter of public concern. The PSNI has no business in Ireland, let alone Britain netpol.org/2025/10/08/t...

PSNI officers involved in the Metropolitan Police’s mass arrest of opponents of the ban on Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025

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Netpol @netpol.org · 6d

Keir Starmer is now applying political pressure on the police for another crackdown on chants heard at pro-Palestine protests, including "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free". He also says he wants to look at even more police powers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Starmer considers police crackdown on chants at pro-Palestine protests

Prime minister’s comments come after students across the country defied his calls and took part in pro-Gaza marches

www.independent.co.uk

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology

Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities

We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0

Police Scotland has decided move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland.
Amnesty firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 7d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Netpol @netpol.org · 6d

Not just "pro-terrorist" of course, but now also "un-British" as seen here on this from the Evading Standards www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters defy PM with 'un-British' October 7 rally

Protesters rallied outside some of London’s most prestigious universities on the second anniversary of the devastating October 7 attacks

www.standard.co.uk

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