Pro-Palestine campaigners vow to appeal as two activists found guilty after 'peaceful protest'

Conviction of UK Palestine Coalition leaders Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham criminalises anti-genocide protest

The judge said in a verdict whose implications are vast: “Protest rights, while fundamental, are not absolute and do not permit breaching lawfully imposed conditions.”

Pro-Palestine coalition expresses shock at "huge setback for civil liberties"

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Stop the War (StW) formed a coalition in shared opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Since then, more than 20 national protests across the UK have demonstrated that the British public does not support the mass killing of Palestinians. However, authorities convicted PSC director Ben Jamal and StW vice-chair Chris Nineham on two counts under the authoritarian Public Order Act introduced by Suella Braverma…

Anti-war activists warn of ‘chilling’ consequences of their convictions

Two anti-war activists were found guilty today of breaching protest orders over a pro-Palestine rally last January in central London, they say their convictions could create a chilling effect. The court found that Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal, and Chris Nineham from the Stop the War coalition, had failed to comply with police conditions. But the case raises deeper questions of the balance between the right to protest and comm…

UK court finds pro-Palestine organisers guilty of rule breach

Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham, two prominent pro-Palestine activists in the UK, were found guilty of public order offences on Wednesday, in what has been described as a chilling measure against pro-Palestine activism. Standing trial at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Judge Daniel Sternberg announced the verdict, to the courtroom's silent shock, with Jamal, donning his signature keffiyeh, and Nineham standing in dismay. "I think when you'r…

Pro-Palestine campaigners vow to appeal after guilty convictions

Benjamin Jamal and Christopher Nineham were found guilty of breaching conditions imposed on a pro-Palestine march in central London

Protest Leaders Convicted Over Gaza March Pledge to Appeal ‘Extraordinary’ Ruling

Palestine Solidarity Campaign director and Stop the War vice-chair convicted over Gaza demonstration that Met Police and Judge say broke restrictions