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As the Flotilla left the port it was in the conspicuous presence of a military helicopter seemingly conducting surveillance and in an effort to intimidate the crew after their last voyage attempt was put to an abrupt end a month ago after Israeli drones attacked the ship and put an end to their mission.
Not so long ago – when I uploaded footage of the mangled bodies of Palestinian children killed in the then latest bombing of a school by Israel – WordPress suspended my account for “spamming” – but there is a more sinister aspect to this. When I tried to upload all my own intellectual property from the WordPress platform – to post it elsewhere – WordPress “prevented” me from doing this under the guise of “still” investigating, thus violating their own Terms of Service. When I asked for evidence of my “Spamming”, of course, none was forhcoming. Meanwhile, pro-Israeli bloggers carried-on posting their misinformation on WordPress without interference. From the perspective of UK Law, Wordpress is in a clear violation by withholding my own intellectual copyright – whilst WordPress has been officially advised of this situation.
He added that the police raid apparently interrupted a counselling session and a life drawing class – “although fortunately they didn’t see the model”.
Youth Demand described the arrests as “an unprecedented level of police repression”.
‘Democracy has got to have some upsides’
The arrests led to an outcry, with former Downing Street director of communications Guto Harri telling Sunday Morning With Trevor Philips: “Democracy has got to have some upsides, and one of the upsides is that the police don’t come crashing through your door just because you say something that upsets someone.”
When Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was asked about it by Trevor Philips, she said: “We have a long tradition, not just of free speech, but of freedom of assembly.”
She added, however, that the police have operational independence and “the police need to operate independently from the home secretary”.
From Texas to California, pro-Palestinian demonstrations are spreading on campuses across the United States, as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Gaza continues. Hundreds have been arrested by the police amid student protests.
All classes at Columbia University in New York went virtual starting on Monday as divisive demonstrations and debates around the conflict heated up on campus recently.
According to media reports, students from Yale University, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, Brown University, the University of Southern California, and other universities also staged encampments in solidarity with their peers at Columbia University.
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