An advocacy group says it recorded more than 900 incidents of repression targeting Palestine solidarity activists across Britain in the past six years.
Palestinian solidarity in Britain is being "silenced, criminalised and sanctioned," according to the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), with more than 900 documented incidents of repression reported over the past six years.
The group, in collaboration with research agency Forensic Architecture, launched what it calls an "Index of Repression," cataloguing cases ranging from employment dismissals to arrests.
According to the ELSC, individuals have faced smears, disinformation campaigns, harassment, doxing, visa cancellations, financial blacklisting, job losses, and arrest. The group said many of these actions were justified by allegations of antisemitism or support for terrorism. The index identifies police (220 incidents), educational institutions (192), pro-"Israel" advocacy groups (141), and journalists and other media actors (141) as the primary "actors of repression."
Students, academics, and teachers accounted for the highest number of recorded cases (336 incidents), followed by activists and organisers (229). Artists and cultural workers were frequently affected by event cancellations, with 71 such incidents documented. (more...)
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