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May 2025
Serious issues raised by Palestine Action decision
Decision by Court of Appeal raises serious issues about our rights June 2026 The dreadful decision by the Appeal Court last week raises issues way beyond the matter of Palestine Action and whether or not they are terrorists. On 15 June they upheld the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. As Liberty…
Podcast Episode: Humanism And Middle East Debate
Pip: If you’ve ever wondered how a government squares “we stand for democracy and the rule of law” with “also, here are some more weapons” — welland2 has been to a festival that asked exactly that question. Mara: This episode covers talks from the Festival of Humanism: UK foreign policy in the Gulf, and a…
An Israeli and a Palestinian debate
Debate between the two at the Festival of Humanism over the weekend June 2026 So popular was this debate that many couldn’t get in so it was repeated the following day in a bigger hall. The two speakers were Yaniv Aknin who is a British-Israeli software engineer currently working in London. He was born and…
Refugee event this Saturday
The group will be in the Market Square on Saturday as part of Refugee Week June 2026 Immigration, refugees and asylum seekers are top of the political agenda and generate huge anger in many communities. Some is understandable with a firm called Serco buying up properties and converting them into HMOs* filling them with among…
Understanding the Hypocrisy in UK’s Gulf Policies
Brilliant speaker at the Festival of Humanism June 2026 Dr David Wearing gave a brilliant speech to the Festival in Bournemouth on the role of the UK in the Gulf. He set his observations in an historical context and provided a cogent analysis of the way we, and other countries in the West, have supported…
Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire 
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