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Palestine campaign used police to silence my Hamas criticism – Peter Tatchell

  • Peter Tatchell, a 73-year-old human rights campaigner, was arrested at a Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest in London on Nakba Day 2025.
  • Tatchell attended the protest to condemn Israel's actions in Gaza and expose Hamas's treatment of Palestinian critics, but was confronted by some protesters and later detained following steward complaints to police.
  • Before the march began, Tatchell was subjected to hostile remarks from some protesters who labeled him "Zionist scum" and told him to leave. Later, police singled him out, mistakenly identifying him as part of a counter-protest, and detained him on suspicion of committing a racially and religiously aggravated public order offence.
  • Metropolitan Police said the arrest was made in error based on steward concerns, and Tatchell faced no further action; the police will review the incident to understand what happened fully.
  • Tatchell criticized the Palestine Solidarity Campaign for using police to silence his Hamas criticism and called the incident outrageous, questioning tolerance for such criticism at the protest.
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Palestine campaign used police to silence my Hamas criticism – Peter Tatchell

The Metropolitan Police said the human rights campaigner was arrested in ‘error’ at a march in London on Saturday.

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The Independent (US) broke the news in United States on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
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