US EditionBritish Activist Peter Tatchell Arrested for Carrying 'Intifada' Placard
The Metropolitan Police acknowledged wrongful arrest of activist Peter Tatchell during a protest, highlighting concerns over free speech and police overreach in public order enforcement.
- During a Palestine Coalition protest, the Met detained a 74-year-old man after warning chants of `globalise the intifada` could prompt arrests, police said.
- Supporters say the police over-reach risks criminalising peaceful protest, as the police claim the word intifada is unlawful, but Tatchell and his foundation state it is not a crime and means resistance.
- According to the witness, Jacky Summerfield, Tatchell was stopped after a counter-protest, manhandled by 10 officers, and detained under Section 5, with police citing a public order offence.
- The Met later admitted the arrest was wrongful, and Tatchell says he is now awaiting a settlement, calling it an 'attack on free speech,' critics warned of overreach.
- Tatchell framed the slogan as non-violent resistance using boycott, sanctions and divestment targeting the Israeli regime, not Jewish people, a distinction supporters emphasised amid Gaza casualties context.
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UK rights campaigner Tatchell arrested at pro-Palestinian protest
London police on Saturday arrested prominent rights activist Peter Tatchell at a pro-Palestinian march after he displayed a placard featuring the slogan "globalise the intifada", his foundation said.
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Peter Tatchell arrested at London Palestine march over ‘intifada’ placard
The human rights campaigner was carrying a sign that read, ‘Globalise the intifada: Non-violent resistance. End Israel’s occupation of Gaza’.
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