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Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’.

Photograph: Martin Godwin

A protester who was threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestine flag and signs saying “free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide” has received an apology from police, including for “unlawful false imprisonment”.
Kent police have also agreed to pay damages and legal costs to Laura Murton, 43, in connection with the 14 July incident in Canterbury in which armed officers told her her demonstration expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which had been banned earlier that month.
After the Guardian reported the incident, it was raised in parliament, in court – by a judge granting Palestine Action permission for judicial review of its proscription – and by the equalities watchdog when warning of “heavy-handed” policing of Gaza protests.
A letter sent to Murton on behalf of the chief constable of Kent police, Tim Smith, admitted there had been a breach of her right to free speech and that the officers had breached national counter-terrorism policing guidance on the proscription of Palestine Action.

It also admitted unlawful processing of her data and said he had directed that the data be deleted. The officers had said that they would arrest Murton unless she provided her name and address, which she reluctantly agreed to do.
Responding to the settlement of the case, Murton, who said she would donate any compensation to Palestinian causes, said: “People should continue to exercise their lawful right to protest in support of Palestinian people despite the proscription of Palestine Action. I hope this case serves as a reminder to chief constables across the country that there should be no unlawful interference with those protest rights.”
Her lawyer said it was the first time a chief constable had apologised and paid damages for unlawful policing arising from the proscription of Palestine Action.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/13/kent-police-apologise-palestine-protester-laura-murton

Страх когда преобладает в обществе, критическое мышление становится опасным.
Почему?
Потому что критически мыслящие, да ещё и этичные, не поддаются лёгкому контролю.
Они хотят додумываться, как всё на самом деле в обществе и власти.
Критически мыслящие не страшатся думать, критиковать, во всём сомневаться, ГОВОРИТЬ.
Запуганные и обезумевшие люди постсоветской деградировавшей массы предпочитают помалкивать.
Подгоняя свою жизнь под прокрустово ложе репрессивного чекистского государства.
https://verybigfish.livejournal.com/5660552.html

We are facing a brutal war unprecedented in modern history, both in its scale and in the nature of its targeting of an entire people, not just a specific faction, and its attempt to erase their physical and moral existence.

The war was not "traditional between two armies," but rather a confrontation between the colonial system and our people, who are defenseless except for their will.

The occupation failed to achieve the goals of the war it announced, especially displacement and uprooting. Despite the horror of the destruction and the breadth of the tragedy, the Palestinian people were not defeated, nor was the resistance broken. With very limited capabilities, it is still waging a guerrilla war within the alleys of Gaza.

The war has turned into a point of internal political contradiction for the entity, especially given the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to prolong the fighting to maintain the cohesion of his government.

The spirit of resistance ignited by Gaza is no longer extinguishable, and every attempt to impose surrender only plants the seeds of deeper and broader resistance.

https://t.me/PalestineResist/82535

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/oct/08/young-lives-cut-short-on-an-unimaginable-scale-the-18457-children-on-gazas-list-of-war-dead

«Блеск земной славы ослепит разум,
слова истины будут в поношении,
но за веру восстанут из народа неизвестные мiру
и восстановят попранное».

Старец Глинской пустыни иеромонах Порфирий (ум. 1868).
https://sergey-v-fomin.livejournal.com/907790.html

Free Palestine.
We say No to genocide of Palestinian People and crimes against Humanity.

Photograph Cesare Abbate/EPA

Free Palestine.
We say No to genocide of Palestinian People and crimes against Humanity.