Defend Our Juries

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. wedonotcomply.org

Essex police have paused the use of live facial recognition technology - deployed so far by at least 13 police forces - after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities theguardian.com/technology/202…

@I_amMukhtar Adding this to our list of reasons juries are so important in a democracy….

This whole Afroman vs. the police is too funny they wanted to sue him for $3.9 million defamation for making diss tracks roasting them, and it backfired.

You know things are really messed up when the Daily Mail uses a more accurate headline than the rest of the press…

🚨Essex Police has halted its use of facial recognition tech after identifying potential “bias risks”. This should serve as a wake-up call for the Government and police. We need urgent safeguards in place to protect us from the dangers of this tech. theguardian.com/technology/202…

Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions. But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

“I still think it’s outrageous and ridiculous that they’re arresting people for holding paper signs because, in a healthy democracy, governments don’t arrest people under terrorism laws for holding paper signs.” See EveryoneDay.uk to take action on April 11th.

UNLAWFUL ARREST Met Police arrested a woman under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a paper sign at the Al Quds Day event This happened despite the ban on Palestine Action being ruled unlawful and the Met stating that they wouldn’t be making arrests pending a Home Office appeal.

Unanimous “not guilty” verdict for Kwabena Devonish after terrorism trial “a massive win for everyone targeted by state repression”: campaigners A campaigner who was arrested from her home in a dawn raid by police and charged with terrorism for a speech made in Cardiff city centre in November 2023 walked free from Bristol Crown Court on 17 March after jurors took less than 2 hours to return a unanimous “not guilty” verdict. Kwabena Devonish, an anti-racist activist and Palestine solidarity campaigner from Cardiff had waited more than two years for trial after being charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act in January 2024. change.org/p/justice-for-…

We’re mobilising for another mass sign-holding action to end the madness of using terrorism law to silence peaceful protest. Join us on April 11th - Everyone Day - at a central London location. See EveryoneDay.uk for full details and info on how to get involved.

UK government’s fight to ban Palestine Action explained [Times video report] When does a protest group become a terrorist organisation? Ali Mitib reports on the legal battle over Palestine Action. thetimes.com/article/29b15b…

👉NEW -- Met Police failed to follow internal guidelines on policing Palestine protests by @amaarchowdhury Internal guidances also show the force cracking down on Arabic words in a way that ‘smacks’ of racism, say pro-Palestinian advocates declassifieduk.org/met-police-fai…

The arrest breaches the Met Police’s policy on expressions of support for Palestine Action. Defend Our Juries: “The police can’t just lie to the public about their intentions. People are entitled to an urgent explanation from the Met Commissioner…” EveryoneDay.uk

WE DEMAND ANSWERS We have today written to Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, demanding urgent answers following the arrest of a woman on Sunday for holding a sign. In making this arrest, the Met has breached its own policy. Sign up for April 11th: EveryoneDay.uk

BREAKING - TRIGGER WARNING British Journalist targeted by Israel in Lebanon.

@Kitty01121 @ScotNational Oh, you think only Christians can be far-right? Fascinating.

@DefendOurJuries @ScotNational Oops, unlucky and wrong!

BREAKING: Police have intervened in an 'anti-fascist' protest at Reform UK's Scotland conference 🚨 Activists unfurled a banner saying 'fuck Farage' and 'no to fascism in Scotland'

@Kitty01121 @ScotNational Yes.

@DefendOurJuries @ScotNational Manchester Arena, London Bus, London Underground, Westminster Bridge, London Bridge, Lee Rigby, Southport, Reading, and so, so many more, were these the far right?

Lammy’s attack on juries is so unpopular that experienced criminal lawyers are pledging to boycott what they’re calling “Diplock” courts if they are brought in. Nobody wants these reforms. They’re not fit for purpose. Scrap the reforms, defend our juries.

@Telegraph @NJ_Timothy “Trafalgar Square belong to us all” “And by ‘us all’ we mean exclusively not them” - the islamophobic right.

🖋️ "A memorial to national independence, Trafalgar Square belongs to us all. To use it as a stage for this act of domination and division is completely wrong," writes Nick Timothy MP (@NJ_Timothy). Read more here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

"Quakers don't think people should walk into a shop and take whatever they want. But we do support peaceful, nonviolent direct action, including symbolic acts that draw attention to injustice, which is increasingly under threat as successive governments restrict our right to protest," says Oliver Robertson, head of witness and worship for @BritishQuakers . Last week, the Westminster Quaker Meeting House was raided and 15 people were arrested during a nonviolence training session. In response, Quakers held a meeting for worship outside New Scotland Yard on Tuesday, a peaceful act of witness against the growing restrictions on the right to protest. Read more at Real Media: realmedia.press/quaker-NSY-pro…