A Swiss court has delivered a verdict that ought to shame the British government. In Geneva, judges ruled that peaceful opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza is a legitimate right.
A Swiss court has delivered a verdict that ought to shame the British government. In Geneva, judges ruled that peaceful opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza is a legitimate right. They confirmed that nothing justifies punishing peaceful activists and that freedom of expression protects non‑violent civil disobedience. Repressing such mobilisations, they said, is incompatible with democracy.
The ruling stands in stark contrast to the path taken by Keir Starmer’s administration. Here in the UK, pro‑Palestine protesters have been arrested, charged, and in some cases imprisoned for expressing views that a Swiss court has now explicitly recognised as lawful. The contrast could not be clearer. One country upholds the right to protest genocide. The other treats that same right as a crime.
The decision is a lesson for a government that has too often sided with those silencing dissent. It is also a reminder that justice for Palestine does not begin in The Hague. It begins wherever people care enough to apply international law. And as this ruling shows, it only takes a court willing to do its job.
posted by Satish Sharma at
05:03
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