Raid on Quaker Meeting House, mass arrests by London Metropolitan Police of Youth Demand members
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19213440
The Socialist Equality Party condemns the attack on the Youth Demand organisation and demands the release and dropping of all charges against its members and supporters arrested over last Thursday and Friday by London’s Metropolitan Police.
The raid on the group’s publicly advertised meeting at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, a little over half a mile from Downing Street, is a major escalation in the Starmer Labour government’s assault on democratic rights. Up to 30 police officers, some armed, smashed their way into the meeting at St Martin’s Lane, central London Thursday evening (March 27).
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I just want to point out how the Quakers have been real OGs for the side of human rights, historically.
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19213440
The Socialist Equality Party condemns the attack on the Youth Demand organisation and demands the release and dropping of all charges against its members and supporters arrested over last Thursday and Friday by London’s Metropolitan Police.
The raid on the group’s publicly advertised meeting at Westminster Quaker Meeting House, a little over half a mile from Downing Street, is a major escalation in the Starmer Labour government’s assault on democratic rights. Up to 30 police officers, some armed, smashed their way into the meeting at St Martin’s Lane, central London Thursday evening (March 27).
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I just want to point out how the Quakers have been real OGs for the side of human rights, historically.
It's worth mentioning that they'd previously peacefully protested against the genocide in Gaza and been prosecuted for that. It doesn't seem like they've done anything wrong.
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