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Dr Olivia Brandon being dragged by her hood at a protest for the hunger strikers outside HMP Bronzefield on Wednesday 17 December. Image: X/@revoltinghippie

Report: Doctor ‘Strangled’ by Police Officer Until She Passed Out at Hunger Strike Protest

Joshua Carroll

A doctor tells Novara Media that she was retching and choking as a police officer dragged her by her hoodie at a protest for hunger-striking Palestine Action-linked prisoners. Joshua Carroll reports.

Report: Police in Northern Ireland Choose Not to Arrest Palestine Action Supporters

Ellen McVeigh

Police didn’t arrest any activists in Northern Ireland protesting the proscription of Palestine Action at the weekend, in stark contrast to in other parts of the UK. Why? Ellen McVeigh reports.

A woman with red hair, wearing a keffiyeh, is dragged off by police

Report: Labour Is Struggling to Keep Palestine Off Its Conference Agenda

Rivkah Brown

Palestine Action supporters, anti-genocide marchers and pro-Palestine celebrities have disrupted the start of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which the party had hoped would be about anything but Gaza. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: What Actually Happened When Hundreds Defied the Palestine Action Ban?

Charlotte England

Saturday’s mass action in Parliament Square saw the greatest number of arrests by London’s Met police at any single event since 1961 - but it also forced officers to admit they couldn’t cope. Novara Media was on the ground all day. Here’s what really happened.

Feature: The Government Has Been Expanding the Definition of Terrorism for Years. Here’s How

Rivkah Brown & Simon Childs

The recent proscription of Palestine Action has blindsided many who thought terrorism meant suicide bombers and knife attackers. In fact, counter-terror legislation has been broadening for decades, write Rivkah Brown and Simon Childs.

Counter protesters hold up signs that claim there are '2 million human shields in Gaza' and are protected by the police.

Report: ‘It’s a Free Country’, Claims Police Officer Protecting Genocide-Denying Counter Protesters

Charlotte England

100 people were arrested in one day for supporting Palestine Action. Charlotte England reports.

Activists sit in Parliament Square with signs

Report: Dozens More ‘I Support Palestine Action’ Protesters Arrested

Steven Methven

For the second week running, demonstrators have been arrested for defying proscription by holding signs in Parliament Square. Other actions are planned in Bristol, Manchester, Cardiff and Derry.

Two men in suits stand outside a court building. One wears a dog collar.

Opinion: We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys

Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel “Woody” Woodhouse

In 2017, we broke into a BAE Systems airfield to stop jets from going to bomb Yemen, write Sam Walton and Daniel Woodhouse. Our lenient treatment exposes the Palestine Action ban for what it is: racist and politically motivated.

An electricity warning sign is seen at the Drax Power station near Selby, Britain. Image: REUTERS/Phil Noble

Report: Police Spent £3m Arresting Climate Activists During Far-Right Riots

Simon Childs

Exclusive: Police spent over £3m and deployed over 1,000 officers from nearly every force in the country in order to arrest 24 climate activists protesting a greenwashing power station, Novara Media can reveal.

Symon Hill. Image: Symon Hill

Report: Police Officer Who Arrested Anti-Monarchy Protester ‘Was Aware’ No Offence Had Been Committed

Simon Childs

A police officer said ‘We will get a complaint off the back of this’ before charging a man who shouted ‘Who elected him?’ at a royal event.

Report: Police 100 Times More Likely Than Average Person to Be Convicted of Cybercrime

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: 42% of all cybercriminals convicted in 2024 were police officers or police staff, Novara Media can reveal.

Three young people hold up placards with collages on them

Analysis: The Police Know Nothing About Drill – and 7 Black Men Remain in Prison As a Result

Ed Gillett

Despite one overturned conviction, seven of the Manchester 10 remain in prison for a murder none of them committed. Ed Gillett reports on the dangerous consequences of police ignorance.

Police form a line facing a man wearing a keffiyeh and megaphone

Report: Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban

Rivkah Brown

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always cooperated with police, until now. Rivkah Brown reports on why the group is refusing to cancel Saturday's central London march, despite the Met doubling down.

Riot police stand in formation`

Report: Berlin Police Brutalise Women at Anti-Violence Demonstration

James Jackson

Protesters marking the international day for the elimination of violence against women were choked, pepper-sprayed and kettled in a show of police force that has become quotidian in the German capital.

An arrested activist in London. Sandrine Laure Dippa/Reuters

Report: Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Reporters for tabloid newspapers are infiltrating non-violent direct action groups, collaborating with the police and getting activists arrested. Clare Hymer reports.

Rioters during an anti-migration protest in Rotherham on 4 August. REUTERS

Report: Muslim Convicted in Rioting Should Have ‘Risen Above’ Far-Right Racism, Says Judge

Simon Childs

Amer Walid, who had no previous convictions, was given 20 months after he threw cans back at far-right rioters who were chanting racist slurs.

A group of men sit around a table

Analysis: How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?

Simon Childs

Wednesday’s far-right no-show followed irresponsible and ill-informed speculation by the police, writes Simon Childs. Where exactly are they getting their intelligence?

Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. REUTERS

Opinion: Starmer Has Already Perfected the Art of Doing the Least

Rivkah Brown

Labour’s first-week “announcement blitz” featured a pledge from Reeves not to build council houses and Miliband’s “completely fabricated” ban on new oil and gas licenses. Welcome to Starmerism, writes Rivkah Brown – hope you ate before you came.

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