Statement on behalf of: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 20/10/23.
The organisers of this Saturday’s National March for Palestine have been told by the police that they will be issuing restrictions on the demonstration, as they did last Saturday. The explanations given were frankly unconvincing. At a time when some in government are questioning people’s right to march against the terrible attacks on the Palestinian people it is hard to see this as anything other than a further attempt to restrict freedom of protest.
As we said to the police, imposing unprecedented and unnecessary restrictions on demonstrations is only liable to increase anger and dismay.
We will be protesting peacefully on Saturday to express our horror and outrage at the terrible events in the Middle East and the horrific slaughter in Gaza. More than 150,000 people joined us last week in a tremendous and diverse display of solidarity and compassion. We expect more people this Saturday. No attempts by government or police to undermine the protests will stop us or any of those who want to see an end to the killing in Palestine.