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One person told Netpol that some police officers were also encouraging people to commit an offence by going up to them and asking if they supported Palestine Action, and then arresting them if they said yes.

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INQUEST responds to IOPC statistics on increasing deaths in and following police custodyDeaths in and following police custody … The latest annual data from the Independent Office for Police Conduct covering 2025/26 show 27 people died in and following…inquest.org.uk

This means the planned rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice next Tuesday has been postponed. A huge amount of pressure and publicity about Rajiv's case has led to this point – thank you to everyone who has shared the petition, please keep sharing it! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Sign to protect the right to a fair trialImagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...you.38degrees.org.uk

6/ The trial is 28–29 July at the Royal Courts of Justice - please help before then: - Sign & share the petition → tinyurl.com/SaveOurJuries - Join Netpol's mailing list for updates → netpol.org/supporters - Join us outside the court at 9.30am on 28 July with a sign of your own.

Sign to protect the right to a fair trialImagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...tinyurl.com

5/ I firmly believe the state’s determination to crush Palestine Action defendants is what really lies behind the extraordinary way Rajiv has been pursued. It's part of a wider crackdown where protest defendants are silenced, evidence is suppressed, and "criminal damage" becomes "terrorism."

4/ This time his client was Charlotte Head, arrested at Israeli-owned Elbit Systems' Filton factory for resisting arms exports used to commit genocide in Gaza.

3/ He's kept one foot in the streets ever since — through the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, many police custody death inquests, the Hillsborough inquests and defending the Filton Four.

2/ I've known Rajiv for 35 years, since he was a community worker with Newham Monitoring Project in east London & I was a volunteer there. I vividly remember him searching for a phone box in the chaos of the 1994 Criminal Justice Bill protests to learn he'd secured a place at Garden Court Chambers.

Sign the petition – and join over 15,000 others opposing this ludicrous prosecution – before we present it to new Justice Minister Alex Norris next week you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save Britain's JuriesJuries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.you.38degrees.org.uk

We are obliged to point out this is to make a point, and is not designed to be actually stuck on the plaque. That would be naughty. It is, as our friends at the Bar might say, "a hypothetical exercise".

"To prevent juries knowing about their independence, members of the Bar are strictly forbidden from talking about this plaque of its wording. Failure to comply may result in prosecution for contempt. JUDGE JOHNSON, 2026."

As there's a requirement to publicise the use of these powers in advance, we are reluctant to help the police by saying where this is happening

As there's a requirement to publicise the use of these powers in advance, we are reluctant to help the police by saying where this is happening

"Section 14 of the Inquiries Act 2005 allows inquiries to be ended prematurely by the government, but it is a power intended only for when an inquiry is no longer possible or necessary. It has never been used before... it will set a dangerous precedent". Labour and its dangerous precedents again

The meeting overran and didn't get to the Q&A session. This has been bumped to the next meeting in September