UK finds pro-Palestine protest organisers guilty of breaching police rules

Human Rights Watch slams the ruling against Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham as a ‘political’ move to silence dissent.

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Two civil society leaders have been found guilty of breaching protest guidelines in the United Kingdom during a pro-Palestine demonstration in London last year.

Ben Jamal, 62, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Chris Nineham, 63, vice chairman of the Stop the War Coalition, on Wednesday were both accused of failing to march within a designated area set by police during a mass protest on January 18, 2025.

UK finds pro-Palestine protest organisers guilty of breaching police rules

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