Defend free speech on Palestine! Defend the SOAS 2!
Join our open organising meeting to help build the struggle for free speech on Palestine.
A SOAS University of London student, Sarah, has been charged, and another SOAS student has been arrested, under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act for allegedly ‘inviting support for a proscribed organisation’. Their supposed crime is to have made speeches on behalf of the SOAS Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! society supporting the Palestinian right to self-determination. This is an intensification of suppression of free speech on the issue of Palestine. We demand that the Crown Prosecution Service drops all charges against Sarah and discontinues all its investigations in relation to alleged Terrorism Act offences against the other student.
The right to express any support for the Palestinian struggle for national liberation is at stake in this case. The alleged Terrorism offence carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison.
This calculated targeting of two young Palestine protesters is an attempt to intimidate and censor any expression of support for the Palestinian freedom struggle. It is an attack on the entire solidarity movement.
The Revolutionary Communist Group and its newspaper FRFI are mounting a defence campaign to fight back against this blatant attack by the racist British State. We urge you to join this open organising meeting and help build the struggle for free speech on Palestine.