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Listen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>5 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>London, United Kingdom \u2013<\/strong> Legal experts have documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices have been allegedly targeted in the United Kingdom, data that they say represents a \u201csystematic effort\u201d to repress the country\u2019s solidarity movement.<\/p>\n<p>The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) said on Wednesday that it has verified 964 cases of \u201canti-Palestinian repression\u201d from January 2019 until August 2025, including students being investigated over their solidarity, activists being arrested, employees facing disciplinary procedures and artists having their events cancelled.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The findings of the study, carried out in collaboration with researchers at Forensic Architecture, are a \u201csample indicative of a far wider and deeper pattern\u201d, said the group comprising lawyers and legal officers.<\/p>\n<p>The ELSC pitched the report as an Index of Repression, a database that is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re launching this database to show that repression of the Palestine solidarity movement in Britain is pervasive,\u201d Amira Abdelhamid, ELSC\u2019s director of research and monitoring, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>One documented case involves a University of Warwick student who was reported to police by their university for carrying a sign that drew parallels between Israel and Nazi Germany during a campus rally in November 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4337546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4337546\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4337546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/INTERACTIVE-ELSCs-Index-of-Repression-FEB24-2026-1772018780.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE - ELSC\u2019s Index of Repression - FEB25, 2026-1772018780\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4337546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The student was arrested for \u201cracial aggravation against the Jewish community\u201d and investigated by their university. But in January 2024, after the ELSC stepped in, the police dropped the student\u2019s caution and deleted all associated records. The university confirmed in March that there would be no further disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>ELSC said \u201cZionist advocacy\u201d groups, journalists and media outlets were involved in 138 incidents \u2013 including UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a pro-Israel organisation that it said played a part in 29 of the documented cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of this analysis is to denaturalise this politically produced process,\u201d the group said. \u201cThis strategic targeting across sectors represents a kind of division of repressive labour. It aims to dismantle solidarity at every stage, from the formation of political consciousness in universities and schools, to its expression in culture, to its organisation in public spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another incident involved a football club\u2019s kit manager who was dismissed after posting his views about Israel\u2019s conduct on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Dana Abuqamar, a University of Manchester student, is also analysed in the database. The Home Office revoked her visa after she told Sky News that, after 16 years of Israel\u2019s blockade of Gaza, \u201cWe are both in fear (of) how Israel will retaliate \u2026 but also we are full of pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later clarified that her comments were not in support of the October 7 attacks into southern Israel, during which more than 1,000 people were killed. The UKLFI reported her to the police and her university, but in 2024, she won a human rights appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main immediate goal of this anti-Palestinian repression is to depoliticise the movement, to make it seem as though it\u2019s not a legitimate political and ethical struggle, but rather a security problem, a problem of so-called anti-Semitism or a breach of compliance,\u201d ELSC\u2019s Abdelhamid said.\u201cI don\u2019t think that has succeeded \u2026 two years on we still see people resisting the repression happening in Britain [and] speaking up and acting for Palestine and against the genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Israel\u2019s onslaught on Gaza began in October 2023, tens of thousands of Britons have rallied in support of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>According to YouGov, one in three Britons have \u201cno sympathy at all for the Israeli side in the conflict\u201d after Israel killed more than 70,000 people in two years and decimated the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The government, led by Labour leader Keir Starmer, has long been accused of cracking down on pro-Palestine solidarity because of a wave of arrests during demonstrations and due to its proscription of\u00a0Palestine Action as a \u201cterror\u201d organisation \u2013 a ruling recently deemed unlawful by the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Human Rights Watch said that its research found a \u201cdisproportionate targeting of certain groups, including climate change activists and Palestine protesters, undermining the right to protest freely and without fear of harassment\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a05 mins info London, United Kingdom \u2013 Legal experts have documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices have been allegedly targeted in the United Kingdom, data that they say represents a \u201csystematic effort\u201d to repress the country\u2019s solidarity movement. 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<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>London, United Kingdom \u2013<\/strong> Legal experts have documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices have been allegedly targeted in the United Kingdom, data that they say represents a \u201csystematic effort\u201d to repress the country\u2019s solidarity movement.<\/p>\n<p>The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) said on Wednesday that it has verified 964 cases of \u201canti-Palestinian repression\u201d from January 2019 until August 2025, including students being investigated over their solidarity, activists being arrested, employees facing disciplinary procedures and artists having their events cancelled.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The findings of the study, carried out in collaboration with researchers at Forensic Architecture, are a \u201csample indicative of a far wider and deeper pattern\u201d, said the group comprising lawyers and legal officers.<\/p>\n<p>The ELSC pitched the report as an Index of Repression, a database that is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re launching this database to show that repression of the Palestine solidarity movement in Britain is pervasive,\u201d Amira Abdelhamid, ELSC\u2019s director of research and monitoring, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>One documented case involves a University of Warwick student who was reported to police by their university for carrying a sign that drew parallels between Israel and Nazi Germany during a campus rally in November 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4337546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4337546\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4337546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/INTERACTIVE-ELSCs-Index-of-Repression-FEB24-2026-1772018780.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE - ELSC\u2019s Index of Repression - FEB25, 2026-1772018780\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4337546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The student was arrested for \u201cracial aggravation against the Jewish community\u201d and investigated by their university. But in January 2024, after the ELSC stepped in, the police dropped the student\u2019s caution and deleted all associated records. The university confirmed in March that there would be no further disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>ELSC said \u201cZionist advocacy\u201d groups, journalists and media outlets were involved in 138 incidents \u2013 including UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), a pro-Israel organisation that it said played a part in 29 of the documented cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of this analysis is to denaturalise this politically produced process,\u201d the group said. \u201cThis strategic targeting across sectors represents a kind of division of repressive labour. It aims to dismantle solidarity at every stage, from the formation of political consciousness in universities and schools, to its expression in culture, to its organisation in public spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another incident involved a football club\u2019s kit manager who was dismissed after posting his views about Israel\u2019s conduct on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Dana Abuqamar, a University of Manchester student, is also analysed in the database. The Home Office revoked her visa after she told Sky News that, after 16 years of Israel\u2019s blockade of Gaza, \u201cWe are both in fear (of) how Israel will retaliate \u2026 but also we are full of pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later clarified that her comments were not in support of the October 7 attacks into southern Israel, during which more than 1,000 people were killed. The UKLFI reported her to the police and her university, but in 2024, she won a human rights appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main immediate goal of this anti-Palestinian repression is to depoliticise the movement, to make it seem as though it\u2019s not a legitimate political and ethical struggle, but rather a security problem, a problem of so-called anti-Semitism or a breach of compliance,\u201d ELSC\u2019s Abdelhamid said.\u201cI don\u2019t think that has succeeded \u2026 two years on we still see people resisting the repression happening in Britain [and] speaking up and acting for Palestine and against the genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Israel\u2019s onslaught on Gaza began in October 2023, tens of thousands of Britons have rallied in support of Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>According to YouGov, one in three Britons have \u201cno sympathy at all for the Israeli side in the conflict\u201d after Israel killed more than 70,000 people in two years and decimated the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>The government, led by Labour leader Keir Starmer, has long been accused of cracking down on pro-Palestine solidarity because of a wave of arrests during demonstrations and due to its proscription of\u00a0Palestine Action as a \u201cterror\u201d organisation \u2013 a ruling recently deemed unlawful by the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Human Rights Watch said that its research found a \u201cdisproportionate targeting of certain groups, including climate change activists and Palestine protesters, undermining the right to protest freely and without fear of harassment\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a05 mins info London, United Kingdom \u2013 Legal experts have documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices have been allegedly targeted in the United Kingdom, data that they say represents a \u201csystematic effort\u201d to repress the country\u2019s solidarity movement. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) said on Wednesday that it has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}