Ben
@gringoben
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I'm Ben, facebook exile and infrequent tweeter of environmental and social justice issues, or Greg's vegan sausage rolls, or Greta Thunberg fan posts.
Europe
Joined July 2008
PILC and CAAT call on Met Police to investigate potential complicity of Elbit Systems UK directors in atrocities in Gaza https://t.co/ym40Hf8mfz
pilc.org.uk
19 February 2026 – The Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), with the support of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has today submitted a detailed complaint to the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism...
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We’ll never forget what the Filton 24 went jail for standing against. We won’t let the truth of their fight and disgust against quadcopter drones manufactured in a factory in Bristol, why they were punished with 18 months in British jails on remand without trial be whitewashed
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Filton 24 activists Qesser Zuhrah and Harland (Harley) Archer have been released on bail from HMP Bronzefield. All of the Filton 24 activists have now been acquitted of aggravated burglary, the most serious charge most faced, and 23 have been granted bail. Zuhrah had been held
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Video of Filton 24 defendant Moiz Ibrahim being released from prison after 7 months on remand. 12 more Palestine Action prisoners were granted bail today.
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Qesser and Harley have been released from HMP Bronzefield. Now this Labour government must release all prisoners held for standing up for Palestine and opposing genocide, and lift the ban on Palestine Action. #FreePalestine
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BREAKING: Filton24 defendant Louie Adams released from prison after 7 months on remand
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🚨 FINALLY - Filton 24 member Heba has been released from HMP New Hall after her bail was granted today
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@tombfowler #Spycops units, both SDS and NPOIU, both mislead courts and withheld disclosure, leading to miscarriages of justice at a systemic level. Kier Starmer lied.
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UK Government Plans to Use Delegated Powers to Undermine Encryption and Expand Online Surveillance https://t.co/Xgd5q89AMm
reclaimthenet.org
Delegated powers mean the specific rules (what gets scanned, what gets flagged) get written by a minister, not Parliament.
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This is Epstein's best pal with the person who will become OFCOM chief, who gets to decide what is disinformation, misinformation and "malinfornation" in the UK. She gets to decide what gets scrubbed off the internet, including entire channels. Any questions?
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"I'm not allowed to exist anymore. I'm not allowed to provide my children with the basic necessities." In a shocking first, the EU has sanctioned German journalist @hussedogru over his reporting on Palestine. No charges. No trial. https://t.co/BKfzAcNzgN
electronicintifada.net
"Socio-economic death sentence" makes it illegal to receive even food or medicine from a third party.
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New data we have seen reveals UK police are arresting 20,000 people a YEAR for what they post online. That's 55 arrests every single day for "offensive" speech. And it's only getting worse. As dissent grows and new populist political parties emerge ahead of 2029, expect a
news.sky.com
Tech companies that don't take down abusive images reported to them could be blocked from operating in the UK or fined 10% of worldwide revenue.
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Met are too busy repressing dissent again genocide to worry about actual crimes against humanity. Remember when the @metpoliceuk sent all their cops to Scotland for G8 protests and actual terrorists (nears neighbors of a #spycops clown) set off bombs on the London underground?
Lawyers ask Met counterterrorism unit to investigate Elbit Systems UK for complicity in war crimes https://t.co/swS3fbix9c
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Happening Now: The Canary’s field journalist Ibrahim Abul-Essad is outside the Old Bailey in London, England as demonstrators mobilise outside the court hoping that more activists, tied to the Filton 24, will be released today. Footage: @essad_48
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The United Kingdom is escalating its censorship and mass surveillance. When Mullvad tried to criticise this with the TV ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television.
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Nearly 100k people have joined our call to get dangerous US spy tech firm out of our NHS. Palantir's founder has called for the NHS to be ripped up. Now his company has access to millions of patient records. Tell the government to end the contract! https://t.co/oqsZdtN3pZ
you.38degrees.org.uk
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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BREAKING: Filton 24 defendant Aleksandra Herbich released from prison, after 15 months on remand. This comes after eighteen of the defendants were today acquitted of aggravated burglary, the most serious charge against them. Three more are expected to be released today.
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#Spycops inquiry didn't examine the motivations behind Boyling's provocative behavior, nor did they show the footage...
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New - our summary report of the #spycops public inquiry questioning Joe Batty, antifascist spied on & lied about by officer Carlo Soracchi whose bullshit reports reckoned Batty was a 'militant street fighter' trying to create an underground terrorist group https://t.co/k7nmubTExX
campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com
Anti-fascist & trade unionist Joe Batty testifies to the Undercover Policing Inquiry about being spied on by officer Carlo Soracchi
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Edited highlights from the interview on this morning's #r4today with @alisonspycops arguing for a change in the law to make it illegal for #spycops to deceive women into non-consensual sexual relationships. #NoExcuses #Consent
ICYMI - The #spycops inquiry starts up again next week: tune in to this morning's @BBCr4today📻from 8.40am to hear @AlisonSpycops & @robevansgdn
https://t.co/CMYZOMS3SH
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