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📣 'Holocaust survivors demand the right to protest'

✡️✡️✡️ #WeWillMarch ✡️✡️✡️

🇵🇸 #London #BBC 🇵🇸 #Gaza 🇵🇸
🇵🇸🪧🕊️ #PeaceMarch 🕊️🪧🇵🇸

https://youtu.be/ZNmLTwusr-s

#London - 'Police SHUT DOWN #Gaza Protest - But New Revelations Will Shock You'

Owen Jones w/ Ben Jamal

📺 #ComplicitInGenocide 📺

📣 🪧🕊️🪧 #WeWillMarch 🪧🕊️🪧
🕊️ 🪧 🕊️ #RightToProtest 🕊️ 🪧 🕊️
https://youtu.be/VWCVfpdTwDg

☮️On Saturday we gather at 12 noon in Whitehall before we march towards the BBC.

🧸If you can, please bring flowers, a toy or child's shoe to contribute to an action to commemorate the victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza. #WeWillMarch

Graphic with logos of Palestine Coalition and drawings of a rose, a teddy bear, and children's shoes. Text reads: "Bring flowers, a toy, or a child's shoe to the march for Palestine. Take part in our action to commemorate the victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Saturday, 18 January, 12pm. Whitehall, London."

🚨The Metropolitan Police are attempting to block our protest at the BBC.

This attack on our right to protest is discriminatory and anti-democratic.

Despite this, #WeWillMarch

Join us at 12PM on Saturday 18 January at Whitehall.☮️

Read the statement: https://cnduk.org/the-attempt-to-block-our-protest-at-the-bbc-is-discriminatory-and-anti-democratic/

The attempt to block our protest at the BBC is discriminatory and anti-democratic. We have met with the Metropolitan Police today after they declared their intention to use draconian powers to prevent our planned protest at the BBC on Portland Place on Saturday 18 January. Regrettably, the response of the police has made abundantly clear that the real aim is to block us from protesting at the BBC under any circumstances.The initial excuse offered by the police – which we entirely reject – was that allowing our march to assemble at the BBC, as previously agreed, risked disruption to morning services at a nearby synagogue. In fact, the nearest synagogue to the BBC is not even on the march route and there has never been any threat to any place of worship linked to any of our protests, all of which are attended by large numbers of Jewish people.

Yesterday, we announced our plan to reverse the protest route and assemble on Whitehall – a proposal originally made by the police themselves – while calling for these repressive restrictions to be rescinded allowing us to arrive at the BBC in the afternoon. In our meeting today, the police acknowledged that the synagogue service would finish at 1pm – approximately two hours before we plan to reach the BBC. Unfortunately, the response we have received from the police is indicative of bad faith on their part.

In place of the previous arguments concerning the synagogue, the police have now introduced new and dubious justifications for banning our protest from the vicinity of the BBC. This includes the claim that the march would interfere with the ability of the ordinary residents of Portland Place to park their cars – an argument that could equally apply to any protest route in any part of London. Even so, we also made clear that we would be willing to hold our main rally at the start of the march, ending with a short symbolic protest to minimise the time spent on Portland Place.

In addition, the police have chosen to advance the spurious suggestion that we hold our march on a day other than a Saturday – the day on which all major demonstrations in London are held – something which everybody knows would not be possible on anything like the same scale.

During the meeting, the police confirmed that they are seeking to impose an effective ban on protests in support of Palestinian rights at the BBC on any Saturday. Disgracefully, they explicitly conceded that this proscription would not apply to those protesting for other causes including pro-Israel demonstrations.

Furthermore, in their reply to us, the police have falsely claimed that ‘influential supporters and organisers’ of the march ‘have explicitly encouraged attendees to contravene the conditions imposed.’ When pushed they were not able to back up this outrageous suggestion and accepted that no statement from the coalition has made such a call.

The inconsistent and dishonest arguments put forward by the police indicate that the true purpose

that the true purpose of these restrictions is to prevent us from organising a large-scale protest outside the BBC. It is unacceptable for the police to abuse their powers to discriminate, suppress freedom of expression and shield the BBC from democratic scrutiny.

We call on all those who oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and those who uphold the right to protest, to join us in London at 12 noon on Saturday 18 January. We will assemble in Whitehall, and we will march in an orderly fashion towards the BBC. We reiterate our call for the Metropolitan Police to drop these repressive, discriminatory and anti-democratic tactics and accept our right to demonstrate at the BBC.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Palestinian Forum in Britain,
Friends of Al-Aqsa,
Stop the War Coalition,
Muslim Association of Britain,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

🚨 #WeWillMarch: new statement!

We will assemble at Whitehall at 12 noon on 18 January and march towards the BBC.

We call on the Met to lift the restrictions they have imposed to allow us to protest at the BBC.

Read in full: https://cnduk.org/we-will-march-against-israels-genocide-and-bbc-bias/

We will march against Israel’s genocide and BBC bias

Last week, the Metropolitan Police publicly confirmed its intention to prevent our planned protest at the BBC on Saturday 18 January, by imposing an exclusion order banning Palestine solidarity protestors from entering the area surrounding the BBC throughout the day. We will not be silenced.

Since the Police announced their imposing of orders to prevent a protest at the BBC, nearly 200 MPs, trade union and civil society leaders and groups including Amnesty International UK and Akiko Hart, Director of Liberty, Holocaust survivors and their descendants, lawyers, journalists and prominent cultural figures have spoken out in support of the right to protest. Today, they have been joined by over 700 members of the Jewish community.

In recent weeks, Israel has intensified its genocide

against the Palestinian people – including massacres of civilians sheltering in so-called ‘safe zones’ and the destruction of the last remaining medical facilities in the north of Gaza. Our marches reflect the overwhelming outrage felt by those who have witnessed these atrocities for more than a year alongside the ongoing complicity of the British government.

Recent investigations have exposed widespread anger amongst BBC staff at the skewed nature of its coverage, and its consistent failure to adhere to its own editorial standards, including by dehumanising Palestinians and obscuring the truth of Israel’s crimes against them. It is entirely unacceptable for the Metropolitan Police to abuse public order powers to shield the BBC from democratic scrutiny.

Contrary to the excuse offered by the police – that they have taken this action to prevent potential disruption to a nearby synagogue – the closest synagogue to the BBC is not even on the route of the march. As the Metropolitan Police

acknowledged, there has never been any threat to a synagogue attached to any of our marches. In fact, every march has been joined by thousands of Jewish people – many in an organised Jewish bloc.

We are calling on all those who support an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, as well as everyone who believes in the democratic right to protest, to join us in London at 12 noon on Saturday 18 January. We will assemble in Whitehall, which will allow us to form up in massive numbers, and we will march in an orderly fashion towards the BBC. We call on the Metropolitan Police to drop these repressive restrictions and accept our right to demonstrate at the BBC.

#WeWillMarch

Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Palestinian Forum in Britain,
Friends of Al-Aqsa,
Stop the War Coalition,
Muslim Association of Britain,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

🪧🕊️🪧 #WeWillMarch 🪧🕊️🪧

STOP the ongoing #GENOCIDE
💔 🥹 #StopKillingChildren 🥹
✋🏼............STOP being
🇺🇲 #ComplicitInGenocide 🇬🇧

https://youtu.be/W1hloB-kU5k

🪧🕊️🪧 #WeWillMarch 🪧🕊️🪧

STOP the ongoing #GENOCIDE
🥹 #StopKillingChildren 🥹
STOP being
🇺🇲 #ComplicitInGenocide 🇬🇧

https://youtu.be/BlFvGy7NO3w

#WeWillMarch Groups Challenge Police Over Palestine Demo Permit https://popularresistance.org/wewillmarch-groups-challenge-police-over-palestine-demo-permit/

#WeWillMarch Groups Challenge Police Over Palestine Demo Permit https://popularresistance.org/wewillmarch-groups-challenge-police-over-palestine-demo-permit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #leftist

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/01/10/palestine-march-bbc/

#TheCanary 10 Jan 2025

150 MPs and public figures slam the Met over #proPalestine #BBC march restriction

#ProtestIsNOTACrime

PROPER #JournalismIsNOTACrime

#FreePalestineNOW🇵🇸

#WEWillMarch #London

18 January #London: National Demonstration for Palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide
#BBC #ComplicitInGenocide
🪧🕊️ #CeasefireNOW 🕊️🪧

🪧🕊️🪧 #WeWillMarch 🪧🕊️🪧

https://palestinecampaign.org/events/18-january-national-demonstration-for-palestine/

Palestine coalition rejects police attempts to block BBC protest

#Israel #BBC #Gaza #Genocide
📺 #ComplicitInGenocide 📺

🪧🕊️🪧 #WeWillMarch ✊🏻🪧🕊️🪧
🕊️🕊️🕊️ #CeasefireNOW 🕊️🕊️🕊️
https://palestinecampaign.org/palestine-coalition-rejects-police-attempts-to-block-bbc-protest/

The Met are trying to ban next weekends march from BBC Broadcasting House. We will stand up for our right to protest Israel's genocide.

#WeWillMarch #Palestine #Gaza #London #UK

https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/palestine-coalition-rejects-police-attempts-to-block-bbc-protest/

Defend the right to protest against genocide! Over 100 MPs, TUs & civil society organisations have signed this coalition statement calling on the Met police to drop objections and allow our BBC protest to go ahead. Please share widely. #WeWillMarch
https://cnduk.org/statement-on-police-barring-18-january-march-from-the-bbc/

Statement on police barring 18 January march from the BBC

We strongly condemn police attempts to stop an agreed march for Palestine from protesting at the BBC on 18 January.

The route for the march was confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and as agreed with them, was publicly announced on 30 November. This route has only been used twice in the last 15 months of demonstrations and not since February 2024. With just over a week to go, the Metropolitan Police is reneging on the agreement and has stated its intention to prevent the protest from going ahead as planned.

The BBC is a major institution – it is a publicly-funded state broadcaster and is rightly accountable to the public. The police should not be misusing public order powers to shield the BBC from democratic scrutiny.

The excuse offered by the police is that the march could cause disruption to a nearby synagogue which is not even on the march route. As the Met Police have acknowledged, there has not been a single incident of any threat to a synagogue attached to any of the marches. Any suggestion that pro-Palestine marches are somehow hostile to Jewish people ignores the fact that Jewish people have been joining the marches in their thousands.

The rights to protest and free speech are precious. It is not acceptable in a democratic society that, in the face of an ongoing genocide in Gaza, people should be barred from protesting at the BBC. We call on the police to drop their objections and allow the protest to go ahead as planned.

Signed:

Palestine Coalition Organisations
Adnan Hmidan, Acting Chairman, PFB
Ben Jamal, Director, PSC
Ismail Patel, Chairman, Friends of Al-Aqsa
Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
Raghad Altikriti, Chair, MAB
Sophie Bolt, General Secretary, CND

Members of Parliament
Adnan Hussain MP
Andy McDonald MP
Apsana Begum MP
Ayoub Khan MP
Baroness Christine Blower
Baroness Jenny Jones
Baroness Pauline Bryan
Bell Riberio Addy MP
Brendan O’Hara MP
Brian Leishman MP
Carla Denyer MP
Cathal Mallaghan MP
Chris Hazzard MP
Chris Law MP
Dáire Hughes MP
Dawn Butler MP
Diane Abbott MP
Grahame Morris MP
Ian Byrne MP
Imran Hussain MP
Iqbal Mohamed MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP
John Finucane MP
John McDonnell MP
Jon Trickett MP
Kim Johnson MP
Lord Bryn Davies
Lord John Hendy
Lord Prem Sikka
Nadia Whittome MP
Órfhlaith Begley MP
Pat Cullen MP
Paul Maskey MP
Richard Burgon MP
Seamus Logan MP
Shockat Adam MP
Siân Berry MP
Steve Witherden MP
Zarah Sultana MP

And over 100 more names including trade union and civil society leaders, artists, academics, lawyers and journalists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KJZNVdSYk

🚨 #OwenJones 🚨

#UK pigs🐷 🐷 BAN #BBC #PalestineProtest

with #BenJamal PSC

#ProtesIsARIGHT #UKIsNOTADemocracy #FreePalestineNOW🇵🇸 #ACAB #FUCKtheMet

The Met are trying to ban protesters against #ApartheidIsrael's genocide from gathering outside the BBC - and holding it accountable for its disgraceful coverage.

#WeWillMarch #London

Watch this important interview with Owen Jones and PSC’s Ben Jamal. It explains how the right to protest against Israel’s genocide is under huge attack in Britain. It must be defended. #WeWillMarch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KJZNVdSYk

Image of crowd at Palestine solidarity demo. Text over image reads: "UK police bans BBC Palestine protest"

#WeWillMarch: campaign groups push back against Met Police over Palestine demo https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/01/09/palestine-march-18-january/

#WeWillMarch: Palestine Coalition statement on the Met Police's efforts to prevent us from assembling outside the BBC, in protest over its coverage of Israel's genocide in Gaza: https://cnduk.org/palestine-coalition-rejects-police-attempts-to-block-bbc-protest/

Palestine coalition rejects police attempts to block BBC protest.
Today we have been informed by the Metropolitan Police that they intend to go back on a previous agreement and impose conditions to prevent us marching from BBC HQ at Portland Place on Saturday 18 January. We have already announced our intention to assemble outside the BBC to protest against the pro-Israel bias of its coverage - something recently highlighted in a detailed report by journalist Owen Jones to which the Corporation has so far not responded. We utterly condemn this attempt to use repressive powers to prevent our planned protest at the BBC.

The route for the march was confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and as agreed with them, was publicly announced on 30 November. This route, beginning at the BBC, has only been used twice in the last 15 months of demonstrations and not since February 2024. With just over a week to go,

the Metropolitan Police has now reneged on our agreement and stated its intention to prevent our protest from going ahead as planned.

The BBC is a major institution – it is a publicly-funded state broadcaster and is rightly accountable to the public. It is unacceptable for the police to misuse public order powers to shield the BBC from democratic scrutiny.

The excuse offered by the police is that our march could cause disruption to a nearby synagogue. It follows representations from pro-Israel groups and activists who have been publicly calling for action to be taken to curtail our right to protest against Israel’s ongoing genocide. This includes the Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis who has openly celebrated the horrific and criminal actions of the Israeli military in Gaza, describing them as the ‘most outstanding possible thing that a decent responsible country can do.’

In fact, the closest synagogue to the BBC is not even

on the route of the march. Moreover, as the Met Police have acknowledged, there has not been a single incident of any threat to a synagogue attached to any of the marches. Any suggestion that our marches are somehow hostile to Jewish people ignores the fact that every march has been joined by thousands of Jewish people – many in an organised Jewish bloc – and addressed by Jewish speakers on the demonstration platforms. Representatives of the Jewish bloc have written to the police seeking a meeting to express their concerns that the police are choosing to listen solely to pro-Israel Jewish voices, but they have not had any response.

We firmly reject any attempt to suppress our right to campaign for an end to Israel’s genocidal violence and decades long violations of the rights of the Palestinian people. In the past few weeks, Israel has intensified its indiscriminate attacks including against hospitals and civilians sheltering in so-called

‘humanitarian safe zones.’ It is this and the ongoing complicity of the British government in these crimes that continues to bring people onto the streets in huge numbers. Our marches represent a diverse cross section of the public including the Palestinian community, many of whom are relatives of those killed by Israel.

We remain in dialogue with the Metropolitan Police but call on them to immediately abandon their intention to prevent our protest at the BBC. We call on all those who are rightly outraged by Israel’s ongoing genocide and those who uphold the democratic right to protest to join us when we march in London on Saturday 18 January.

#WeWillMarch

Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Palestinian Forum in Britain,
Friends of Al-Aqsa,
Stop the War Coalition,
Muslim Association of Britain,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

#WeWillMarch: Palestine coalition issue statement amid Met Police crackdown on Saturday’s national demo https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/09/04/palestine-march-7-september-london/

#WEWillMarch

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