Bristol – Defend the right to protest! Free Palestine!
The arrest of Stop The War Vice Chair Chris Nineham and other activists (including a Bristol comrade) who were peacefully demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine on Saturday 18th January 2025, is a blatant suppression of the democratic right to protest.
The aggressive policing was not just an attempt to crush the Palestine solidarity movement and create flimsy pretexts to justify banning future marches – it was also an assault on our freedoms of assembly and protest using the anti-protest laws introduced under the last Conservative government.
We must resist this escalation of repression and affront to democracy!
WE WILL MARCH!
Speakers:
Chris Nineham, Deputy Chair of Stop the War Coalition and Chief Steward of the National Palestine Demonstrations
Ben Jamal, Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign who has been charged with public order offences
Jamila Alkhuffash, Bristol Palestinian Voices
Hussein Said, Spokesperson for the Justice for Kwabena Campaign
More tbc
Organised by Bristol Stop the War Coalition and Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign and supported by:
University of Bristol Staff Stand with Palestine
Bristol Queers for Palestine
Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone
Bristol Trades Union Council
National Education Union, Bristol
Justice4Kwabena Campaign
Stand Up To Racism
This is a free event but please register for a ticket so that we can keep track of attendance. Donations welcome 🙂
Thank you!