Events

Justice for Gaza-London protesters

Tuesday 2nd March 2010
6:30pm to 8:30pm

House of Commons (St Stephens Entrance)

Speakers include: Jeremy Corbyn MP; George Galloway MP; Ben Soffa, PSC; Andrew Murray, Stop the War; British Muslim Initiative and others

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative and Stop the War coalition have called a public meeting to discuss the shocking sentences given to those who protested against Israel’s assault on Gaza last year as a ‘deterrent’ for future protesters.

Seventeen people - all Muslim - have already been given extremely harsh and disproportionate custodial sentences to the alleged offence of violent disorder. Last week, a 19 year old aspiring to be a dentist, was sentenced to a year in prison for throwing a water bottle in the direction of the Israeli embassy. Despite the judge’s admission that the young man had an excellent character and the bottle thrown did not hurt anyone, he wanted ‘to send a message of deterrent to the rest of the community’.

The court has also failed to take into account any evidence of police brutality - including beating up protesters and refusing to allow them to leave - and had used the controversial “kettling” technique.

For further information about the meeting please contact the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Read more about this miscarriage of justice here, including an excellent article by Seumas Milne in this week’s Guardian.