September 9, 2024
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Thousands attend a pro-Palestinian protest, with Palestinian flags and anti-war placards, demanding the end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza in London, United Kingdom on June 08, 2024 [Raşid Necati Aslım – Anadolu Agency]
British peace activist Sarah Wilkinson has had six of the seven bail conditions issued against her dropped.
In an interview posted on her account on X, Wilkinson said: “The bail conditions have been removed… Six of the seven bail conditions are completely inhumane and disabled me from being able to sort of live in this area. All the bail conditions have been removed, apart from I cannot talk about the Palestinian resistance but I can use social media.”
At the end of August Wilkinson’s house was raided by Counter Terrorism Police and she was arrested. According to reports she was asked to give up details of her contacts in Gaza.
“They had absolutely no intention of this going to court,” she said of the police’s actions. The police raid by officers wearing balaclavas “terrorised this end of town. Was it really worth it?”
“My whole purpose is to try and save Gaza… People have to know what is happening in Palestine. This is a genocide and the government is completely complicit in this genocide,” she said when asked if her arrest would lead to her stopping her work to call for an end to the bombing of Gaza.
“We are on the right side of history. Our government is on the wrong side of history. Our police are on the wrong side of history,” she added.
“We carry on, we keep fighting. We are not going to be terrorised by the British police.. we are not going to be intimidated.”
Thousands attend a pro-Palestinian protest, with Palestinian flags and anti-war placards, demanding the end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza in London, United Kingdom on June 08, 2024 [Raşid Necati Aslım – Anadolu Agency]
British peace activist Sarah Wilkinson has had six of the seven bail conditions issued against her dropped.
In an interview posted on her account on X, Wilkinson said: “The bail conditions have been removed… Six of the seven bail conditions are completely inhumane and disabled me from being able to sort of live in this area. All the bail conditions have been removed, apart from I cannot talk about the Palestinian resistance but I can use social media.”
At the end of August Wilkinson’s house was raided by Counter Terrorism Police and she was arrested. According to reports she was asked to give up details of her contacts in Gaza.
“They had absolutely no intention of this going to court,” she said of the police’s actions. The police raid by officers wearing balaclavas “terrorised this end of town. Was it really worth it?”
“My whole purpose is to try and save Gaza… People have to know what is happening in Palestine. This is a genocide and the government is completely complicit in this genocide,” she said when asked if her arrest would lead to her stopping her work to call for an end to the bombing of Gaza.
“We are on the right side of history. Our government is on the wrong side of history. Our police are on the wrong side of history,” she added.
“We carry on, we keep fighting. We are not going to be terrorised by the British police.. we are not going to be intimidated.”
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