Defend Our Juries
@DefendourJuries
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Jurors have a right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience, irrespective of a Judge’s directions. Every defendant deserves access to fair justice.
Joined August 2023
Palestine hunger striker ‘losing ability to speak’ after 57 days without food She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November. https://t.co/YuMTdojBxP
metro.co.uk
Heba Muraisi said she feels 'weaker as each day passes'.
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It’s a genocide, and the UK government are supporting it and calling their own citizens “terrorists” for opposing it. https://t.co/NXM1SigljA
bbc.co.uk
The move was criticised by foreign ministers from from 10 countries including the UK, who said the new rules were "restrictive" and "unacceptable".
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The Four Bars told Prime Minister that they are “deeply concerned” with the proposals [to restrict jury trials] announced by Justice Secretary David Lammy. Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.” https://t.co/F6aK5OMVOU
morningstaronline.co.uk
SCRAPPING jury trials will “undermine confidence in our criminal justice system” with “no evidence” it will bring down court backlogs, top lawyers have warned.The bodies representing barristers in...
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Jury trials have not caused the criminal justice system crisis. Removing the right to a jury trial and has not been piloted nor thoroughly modelled diminishing the constitutional principle of trial by jury will erode trust in our criminal justice system. https://t.co/c49edOSK3b
barcouncil.org.uk
The Bar leaders met following the leak of a government memo on the response to Sir Brian Leveson's report
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Presumably, the Prime Minister isn’t looking to distance himself from comments he made years ago at this particular juncture…
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Q: Who said this? “The right to trial by jury is an important factor in the delicate balance between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual. The further it is restricted, the greater the imbalance.” A: @Keir_Starmer before he had power https://t.co/6tklUdOV8b
criminalbar.com
Eroding our Right to Trial by Jury “The right to trial by jury is an important factor in the delicate […]
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Government proposals erode the right to be judged by our own peers - @TheLawSociety
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lawsociety.org.uk
The government’s proposals on jury trials go too far in eroding our fundamental right to be judged by a jury of our own peers
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#ClimateChange is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. We’re causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s climate beyond natural limits with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years. #ActOnClimate
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Plan to reduce jury trials an ‘irremediable error’, lawyers say in MoJ letter More than 100 lawyers have accused the Ministry of Justice of ignoring the legal profession’s objections https://t.co/Lebh2iJECS
theguardian.com
More than 100 lawyers have accused the Ministry of Justice of ignoring the legal profession’s objections
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Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded. Also, the three-year warming average has crossed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times set in the 2015 Paris Agreement for the first time.
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When Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate. Israel and its supporters would have you believe that just being a Palestinian is a lethal threat. https://t.co/kHQnbDt9aR
aljazeera.com
Israel and its supporters would have you believe that just being a Palestinian is a lethal threat.
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The caption is inaccurate - the young man was arrested for speaking on a Zoom call about holding pieces of paper with the words “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on them. For this “crime”, he and six others received a combined 43 charges under the UK Terrorism Act
A young man in Britain was arrested for attending a Zoom meeting with the Palestine Action movement. Britain will arrest you for a pro-Palestine Zoom meeting but will roll out the red carpet for Israeli officials who openly call for genocide.
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Watching the Labour government’s attack on jury trials backfiring like:
I didn’t ever feel like I had to break the whip under @jeremycorbyn leadership. Makes one wonder the direction @UKLabour is heading in when it’s under @Keir_Starmer that I have no option but to say that I’d have to break the whip. #SaveJuryTrials
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Every person in the UK ought to watch this video.
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On 5th July this year, Palestine Action was proscribed after a vote in Parliament invoking the Terrorism Act 2000. Since then, police have made over 2,700 arrests for peacefully protesting. These arrests are unlawful. Amnesty UK has intervened in the Judicial Review in the
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BREAKING: The Labour Party HQ in London was targeted. There are four prisoners for Palestine at a critical point of their hunger strike, which the govt has attempted to ignore The Labour Party is both involved in the Gaza genocide, and disregards the lives of their own citizens
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In a statement on Boxing Day, the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) highlighted the UK government’s harsh treatment of the hunger-strikers. The OHCHR also made clear that Starmer and his ministers are legally responsible for their wellbeing. https://t.co/9V1DT0LLB6
thecanary.co
UN experts have criticised the treatment of pro-Palestine hunger strikers, underscoring Labour’s responsibility to ‘protect life’
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UN experts raise ‘grave concern’ over treatment of Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers Special rapporteurs say handling of prisoners raises questions over UK’s obligations under human rights laws https://t.co/8Bby9ViHqK
theguardian.com
Special rapporteurs say handling of prisoners raises questions over UK’s obligations under human rights laws
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Palestine Action linked hunger-strikers at risk of death, UN warns A group of UN human rights experts warned the UK government that pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in UK prisons risk organ failure and death after seven weeks of hunger strike. https://t.co/kksZkMh1ft
middleeasteye.net
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