National Security State
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Ali Abunimah “I’m Free!”
Ali Abunimah (https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/1883973368069906853): I’m free! I wrote this on the plane and I’m posting it just after landing at Istanbul. On Monday evening I was brought to Zurich airport in handcuffs, in a small metal cage inside a windowless prison van and led all the way to the plane by police. Continue reading
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Gaza protest: How Starmer and the Met have joined forces to quash all dissent
The decision by the Metropolitan Police to interview “under caution” former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and leftwing MP John McDonnell for attending a peaceful protest in London against Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza is a decisive turning point. Continue reading
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Were you listed on the gangs matrix?
In January 2021, Awate Suleiman, UNJUST & Liberty launched a legal challenge against the Met Police over the racist Gangs Matrix. Days before the case was meant to be heard, the Met Police settled the claim, admitting that the Gangs Matrix breached people’s right to privacy. Continue reading
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Statewatch 13 December 2024: Our work in 2024
Friday, 13 December 2024 — Statewatch statewatch.org / X / Mastodon / BlueSky / LinkedIn / Facebook / RSS Issue 24/22, 13 December 2024 Welcome to the final edition of Statewatch News for 2024. Before we share our work from the last two weeks with you, we want to provide an overview of what we’ve Continue reading
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The CIA/MI6 Skripal Conspiracy Exposed?
The Salisbury incident’s ever-fluctuating official narrative continues to shift radically, in ways large and small Continue reading
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15 Years of Resistance
In April 2009, police brutally attacked G20 protesters in London. Ian Tomlinson was struck over the head by a police baton, and died from his injuries minutes later. The massive policing operation that day was so violent that nearly 300 complaints were made against the police. Ian wasn’t a protester, he was a newspaper vendor who had been caught… Continue reading
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Section 12 means British police are treating their own officers as terrorists now
A police officer has been arrested by counter-terrorism police in Gloucester over social media posts regarding Israel and Palestine. It’s no longer just journalists and social media users that police are targeting, it’s their own officers now. Continue reading
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Are arms companies now “prohibited places”?
Campaigners have reported a concerning new police tactic to discourage protests against weapons manufacturers and the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Continue reading
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Israeli born Jewish Professor had been arrested for terrorism speech
An Israeli born Jewish Professor had been arrested by the British police over alleged “terrorism”, after a pro-Palestine speech Continue reading
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After UK Police Raid, Journalist Asa Winstanley Focused On Stopping ‘Digital Strip-Search’ Of His Devices
London-based journalist Asa Winstanley says when British counter-terrorism police raided his home on October 17 they asked which electronic devices were personal and which were used for journalism. Continue reading
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“Political repression is ruining our lives”
For more than seven months, a retired head teacher, a dementia care advisor and a retired environmental health officer have been left waiting in limbo by the Metropolitan Police, desperately hoping to find out if they will face criminal charges instigated by an east London council following a town hall protest. Continue reading
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First They Came for the Journalists and the Academics! Sun Now Setting on Democracy as We Know It
“I just think that what I’d like people to understand is that so many of the things that as Canadians we’d like to think are sacrosanct, you know, whether it’s we live in a democratic society, we have a free and open media, we have academic institutions, like you said, Michael, that are these open… Continue reading
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UK police raid home, seize devices of EI’s Asa Winstanley
British counterterrorism police on Thursday raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada’s associate editor Asa Winstanley. Approximately 10 officers arrived at Winstanley’s North London home before 6 am and served the journalist with warrants and other papers authorizing them to search his house and vehicle for devices and documents. Continue reading
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Police escalate the British state’s war on independent journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism – except the UK government’s. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Britain’s collusion in Israel’s genocide Continue reading
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UK police raid home of Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley
Asa Winstanley, associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, had multiple electronic devices confiscated by British counterterrorism police during their raid on his residence on Thursday. Continue reading
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Leaked: How MI6 Exploits Palestinian Refugees
Leaked files expose the intensive interest taken in Palestinians by British intelligence operatives, and Foreign Office-funded and directed cutouts, over many years. Collectively, the material leaves little room for doubt that the British government has long sought to covertly surveil, infiltrate, and manipulate Palestinians within and without their homeland for malign ends, while exploiting their… Continue reading
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The Puppet Masters: How MI6 regularly mastermind state crises
David Burke’s book is relevant to all those interested in how MI6 have instigated terrorism in arenas as diverse as Russia, Armenia, Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
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The UK attempt to criminalise dissent on Palestine
The British state clearly wants to find a way to scare British citizens away from supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation by all available means, including by armed struggle. This is their right under international law. Continue reading
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British Intel’s ‘Counter-Disinfo’ War Goes Global
On September 13th, an extraordinary document was released via litigation against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is an August 2021 slide deck presentation by Britain’s shadowy, spook-infested Counter Disinformation Unit to the White House National Security Council’s Interagency Policy Committee, which regularly gathers Washington’s spying services together to coordinate on national… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 