4 h. ago Sally Rooney ‘can no longer safely enter UK’ due to support for Palestine Action

The ‘Normal People’ author says she has been told she risks arrest if she sets foot on British soil

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4 h. ago Normal People author Sally Rooney says she can no longer enter the UK due to her support for proscribed terror group Palestine Action

The group, founded in 2020, was banned in July by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, after claiming responsibility for £7million worth of damage to two Voyager plans at RAF Brize Norton on June 20.

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6 h. ago Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremonyIrish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action.Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Sally Rooney: I cannot safely enter UK without facing arrest over Palestine

The Irish author is a supporter of Palestine Action, which was banned as a terror organisation in July.

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37 h. ago Sally Rooney and Annie Ernaux among authors urging Macron to reinstate Gaza writers programme

20 authors, including Viet Thanh Nguyen and Abdulrazak Gurnah, call on the French president to restart scheme to help creatives evacuateSally Rooney, Deborah Levy, Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux and Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen are among 20 authors urging French president Emmanuel Macron to resume a “lifeline” programme for evacuating Palestinian writers, scholars and artists from Gaza.The Pause programme for writers and artists in emergency situations, as well as a student evacuation programme, were abruptly suspended by the French government at the beginning of August over a Palestinian student’s allegedly antisemitic online remarks, a decision that the letter-writing authors said amounted to a “collective punishment”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Arrest of ‘harmless old ladies’ what outlawed Palestine Action wants – Clarke

The Conservative peer urged the use of discretion in dealing with protesters following the proscription of the organisation

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8 d. ago Police arrest peaceful protesters supporting Palestine Action in London

Police arrest peaceful protesters supporting Palestine Action in London  NBC News

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9 d. ago Missouri man fatally shoots roommate for forgetting to bring drugs to football watch party, police say

Marvin Byrd, 54, was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest in the killing of 58-year-old Dwayne Thomas

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9 d. ago PHOTO GALLERY: Police in London arrest almost 900 at protest against banning of Palestine Action

PHOTO GALLERY: Police in London arrest almost 900 at protest against banning of Palestine Action  World Socialist Web Site

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1 week ago Met police arrest almost 900 people at Palestine Action protest

London force hits out at ‘exceptional level of abuse’ at demonstration in support of banned group

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1 week ago Police arrest almost 900 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action

Police say they arrested almost 900 protesters outside Parliament in London for defying a ban on the group Palestine Action, which the government has labeled a terrorist organization

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1 week ago BREAKING Met Police arrest nearly 900 Palestine Action supporters in London protest

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1 week ago Met Police arrest nearly 900 Palestine Action supporters in London protest

Some 890 protesters at a Palestine Action rally have been arrested in Parliament Square, central London, the vast majority of whom have been cuffed for Terrorism Act Offences

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1 week ago UK police arrest banned Palestine Action group supporters in London

UK police arrest banned Palestine Action group supporters in London  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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1 week ago UK police arrest 900 banned Palestine Action group supporters in London

UK police arrest 900 banned Palestine Action group supporters in London  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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1 week ago British police arrest more than 400 at a London Palestine Action support rally

British police arrest more than 400 at a London Palestine Action support rally  France 24

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1 week ago British police arrest more than 400 at London Palestine Action support rally

British police arrest more than 400 at London Palestine Action support rally  France 24

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1 week ago UK police arrest around 425 at latest protest for banned Palestine Action

UK police arrest around 425 at latest protest for banned Palestine Action  Reuters

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1 week ago London police arrest over 400 at latest rally by banned anti

London police arrest over 400 at latest rally by banned anti-Israel Palestine Action group  The Times of Israel

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1 week ago Police arrest more than 400 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action

Police arrest more than 400 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action  The Seattle Times

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