The Metropolitan Police has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into U.K. nationals who fought in Gaza for Israel, John McEvoy reports.
War Crimes Case Re-Opened in Britain
Category: Terrorism
SAS Drove Prisoners Off Forklifts ‘For Fun,’ Inquiry Told
Damning evidence has shown how British SAS drew up “kill lists,” sometimes executing unarmed Afghans in their beds, and killing “for fun,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.
How Israeli Atrocities Fueled Palestine Action
“A stray dog with a toddler’s arm,” was one of the Israeli atrocities that women in the Palestine Action case told the Old Bailey jury, report Dania Akkad and Phil Miller.
Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the 4th of July
Palestine Activist, Jailed as ‘Terrorist,’ Speaks Out
Declassified UK spoke to Ellie Kamio, one of the first people in British history to be sentenced as a terrorist for property damage. In the trial, defendants were not allowed to say the word “genocide” or why they targeted Israeli…
Palestine Action Lawyer Faces Renewed Contempt Proceedings
Rajiv Menon, a leading British civil rights barrister, again faces contempt proceedings over his closing speech in trial of pro-Palestine activists, reports Dania Akkad.
Hedges Report: Kidnapped at Sea
Brazilian organizer Thiago Ávila recounts what he describes as one of the most brutal crackdowns yet against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement.
UK Appeals Court Restores Terrorist Ban on Palestine Action
The court on Monday upheld the Labour government’s terrorism proscription of Palestine Action, overriding a High Court ruling in February and setting off another round of mass arrests of protesters in London.
How Britain Turned Terrorism Laws on Activists
Four activists could be sentenced as terrorists despite Palestine Action not being proscribed at the time of the incident and the High Court subsequently finding the ban unlawful, pending an appeal, writes John McEvoy.
Craig Murray: The Power of the UK State Over Scotland
A Scottish judge has reversed his earlier decision to allow a judicial review of the terrorist proscription of Palestine Action after London sent a regime minister to overawe the Edinburgh court.