The pro-Palestine Youth Demand movement says it has been targeted with over 150 arrests since it began

The pro-Palestine Youth Demand movement says it has been targeted with over 150 arrests since it began

Katherine Hearst Published date: 5 April 2025 09:12 BST

"On 27 March, some 20 police officers burst in on a group of young women at a Quaker’s meeting house in central London and arrested them on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

The women were activists who had gathered for an open meeting of Youth Demand, a pro-Palestine and climate justice movement demanding an end to UK government arms sales to Israel and new fossil fuel licensing. The group emerged in the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza, which began in October 2023."

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    “Conspiracy to create a public nuisance”, especially when used to stifle free speech like here, is such an over the top dystopian police state “offense” that you’d expect to see it in a Judge Dredd parody rather than real life 🤦🤬