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People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in central London, November 30, 2024
ACTORS and musicians have joined union leaders, MPs, peers and campaigners in condemning the police ban on a pro-Palestine march outside BBC headquarters.
The Met Police has gone back on allowing marchers from gathering outside the BBC’s London headquarters on Saturday January 18 due to its proximity to a synagogue.
A statement has been issued by the six organisations behind the national Palestine marches and supported by at least 150 high-profile individuals and organisations.
Despite declining to show Kneecap’s set, the BBC broadcast Bob Vylan leading a ‘death to the IDF’ chant — and the resulting outrage has only amplified the very message the Establishment wanted silenced, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Home Secretary Cooper confirms plans to ban the group and claims its peaceful activists ‘meet the legal threshold under the Terrorism Act 2000’