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Ron Fassbender

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Photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. www.ronfassbender.com www.instagram.com/ronfassbender/

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 25/09/2026
The tragic case of Jason Arday shows what scapegoating a person can look like.
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How scapegoating happens – and what we can do to stop it
The tragic case of Jason Arday shows what scapegoating a person can look like.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 13/09/2026
British voters oppose welfare cuts for disabled people, survey finds www.ft.com/content/1a0d...
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British voters oppose welfare cuts for disabled people, survey finds
Only 7% favour lower government spending on those who cannot work
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
North Sea drilling is not a significant vote mover in and of itself However, seen in the wider context of climate change and extreme heat, new licenses could damage Andy Burnham's green credentials in the minds of key progressive voters, writes @persuasionuk.bsky.social's @morganj0nes.bsky.social
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North Sea drilling could threaten Andy Burnham's green credentials
The prospect of new licenses for oil and gas drilling is not a big vote mover in and of itself. Seen in a climate change context, it could be, howe...
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The TUC gen sec has urged Burnham to “reject the right-wing argument” that he must choose between increasing defence spending and investing in public services @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social also called on Labour to reform the OBR, describing the watchdog as “a tool of austerity” and "a brake on growth"
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TUC Head Urges Government To Reject Choice Between Defence Spending And Public Services
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has urged the government to “reject the right-wing argument” that it must choose ...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 31/08/2026
'London Science Museum's sponsorship deal with BP ends after almost 25 years' www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/31/l...
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London Science Museum's sponsorship deal with BP ends after almost 25 years
Museum leadership said the partnership would end on 31 August ‘at the end of its agreed term’, though reports suggest the agreement was due to continue until 2028
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 25/08/2026
National Animal Rights March in London, UK, 22 August 2026. Ten years since the first march, which I also covered (gulp!) - an annual event I always look forward to covering. #AnimalRights ronfassbender.com/national-ani...
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Ron Fassbender - National Animal Rights March 2026
Animal rights activists mark the 10th anniversary of theNational Animal Rights March, marching around Central London. Activists called for promotion of animal welfare, opposing animal exploitation…
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 22/08/2026
Climate activists from Fossil Free London protest outside the Treasury against the proposed Rosebank oil field, as a public consultation on the controversial scheme ends. It took place after England had suffered five heatwaves and widespread drought. ronfassbender.com/protest-agai...
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Ron Fassbender - Protest against Rosebank oilfield at HM Treasury
Climate activists from Fossil Free London protest outside the Treasury against the proposed Rosebank oil field,
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 21/08/2026
ICIMOD 2025 report - The communities, governments, & ecosystems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya support water, food, & energy security of nearly two billion people. That foundation is now under serious & accelerating pressure. lib.icimod.org/records/at7w...
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ICIMOD Annual Report 2025
The ICIMOD Annual Report 2025 highlights the major environmental, social, and policy challenges facing the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), including declining snowfall, glacier retreat, water insecurity, a...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 21/08/2026
Turkey requests Interpol red notice for Netanyahu over Sumud Flotilla #GazaGenocide www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-...
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Turkey requests Interpol red notice for Netanyahu over Sumud Flotilla
Ankara seeks Interpol red notices for the Israeli prime minister and another official as tensions rise after Syria strikes
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 21/08/2026
London vigil for Professor Jason Arday in Trafalgar Square, 17 August 2026 - ronfassbender.com/jason-arday-...
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Ron Fassbender - Jason Arday vigil
Thousands attend a vigil in Trafalgar Square for British academic and author Jason Arday who was found dead in his home on 14 August 2026, aged 41.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 20/08/2026
Activists from Scientists on Survival spray fire extinguishers at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and call on government to act on climate science and drop planned development of Rosebank oil field. ronfassbender.com/scientists-o...
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Ron Fassbender - Scientists on Survival
Activists from 'Scientists On Survival' spray fire extinguishers and hold placards at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), calling on government to listen to and act on climate…
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
All governments have known what was coming. They failed to act because the political costs of taking on the corporate sector were too immense. Those corporations are now more powerful than ever. Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/thatcher-w...
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Thatcher warned in 1989 of a climate crisis. She did nothing. Nor will her successors
Governments knew what was coming. They failed to act because the political costs of taking on the corporate sector were too immense. Those corporations are now more powerful than ever
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 06/08/2026
Battle over data centre on London’s Brick Lane tests the Burnham agenda - observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Battle over data centre on London’s Brick Lane tests the ...
Community groups are outraged the government has overruled council objections to approve the new server farm instead of more housing
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 30/07/2026
Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures
As the son of Afghan refugees, Daniel Malikyar wanted to paint a picture of the country he knew, rather than the one he read about in news headlines
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 24/07/2026
Protecting data from 'Donnie the Data Burglar' - Airbus takes flight from Amazon Web Services (AWS). What happens next is critical www.theregister.com/columnists/2...
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Airbus takes flight from AWS. What happens next is critical
Which way to the Land of the Free again?
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 16/07/2026
MPs demand investigation into British Museum’s 'erasure' of Palestine www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: MPs demand investigation into British Museum’s 'erasure' of Palestine
Call for independent inquiry cites 'deeply troubling' MEE investigation, which revealed changes followed months of lobbying by pro-Israel activists
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The High Court has ruled - and we are incredibly disappointed that it has rejected some of the claims brought in the diesel emissions trial. This is the Pan-NOx emissions litigation - the biggest group legal claim in UK history, covering 1.6 million+ vehicle owners. #Diesel #AirPollution
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Set-back for Mums for Lungs in Dieselgate battle
The High Court has delivered a mixed verdict in the UK’s largest-ever group action, largely ruling in favour of five major car manufacturers accused of using illegal defeat devices to cheat emissions ...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 06/07/2026
Are the Charity Commission happy with this? 👇
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 02/07/2026
'British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays' - @willdalrymple.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex...
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Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays
Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 24/06/2026
Continuity Genocide ..... #GazaGenocide 'Andy Burnham chooses Labour Friends of Israel ex-chair as chief of staff, report says' www.middleeasteye.net/news/andy-bu...
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Andy Burnham chooses Labour Friends of Israel ex-chair as chief of staff, report says
James Purnell was a cabinet minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 24/06/2026
British dual nationals can go to Israel, serve in their genocidal military and return to the UK with zero consequences. In contrast, people who oppose genocide get arrested - thousands of them - and face charges of supporting "terrorism". Bonkers.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 22/06/2026
Isn't it time @bsky.app made their "trending" topics section geographically based? Here in the UK we're entering a nasty heatwave, and the Prime Minister has just quit, and all that's trending is a load of US-centric irrelevant bollox.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 22/06/2026
'The East End is at war over a data centre' - www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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The East End is at war over a data centre
On a sunny summer afternoon, the narrow pavements lining Brick Lane are packed.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 22/06/2026
🎵 Hello, I must be going I cannot stay, I came to say, "I must be going"🎵 One from 2019. I have no illusions about his likely successor, but it's nice to start a heatwave with a long cool glass of schadenfreude. #StarmerResigns
Image of Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer addressing a rally 31 Aug 2019. He resigned today, 22 Jun 2026 as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. IMAGE © Ron Fassbender
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 19/06/2026
Punishing Protest as Terrorism The eminent human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson KC on the sentencing of The Elbit 4 and the UK government's unprecedented suppression of protest - www.thekeymagazine.com/p/palestine-...
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Punishing Protest as Terrorism
The eminent human rights lawyer on the sentencing of The Elbit 4 and the UK government's unprecedented suppression of protest
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 18/06/2026
Black carbon photography collection Images by local photographers in Brazil, Kenya, Nepal and Nigeria, commissioned by Climate Visuals in partnership with Clean Air Fund - www.cleanairfund.org/news-item/ph...
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Photos capture black carbon’s impact on people and planet  - Clean Air Fund
Striking new images capture how black carbon pollution is harming communities and the environment, as well as solutions to reduce emissions.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 14/06/2026
Not a peep about this from Starmer - who supports Zionism "without qualification" - nor about the event in a North London Synagogue today allegedly selling property on occupied, ethnically cleansed land in the occupied Palestinian territories -
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 10/06/2026
"As a sign of the housing emergency & the inequality in the system, it doesn’t get more visible or visceral – a homeless man with no money sleeping on the doorstep of a £200m house with 45 rooms that has been empty for years ..." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment o...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 10/06/2026
'AI is Becoming a Key Election Battlefield' www.bylinesupplement.com/p/ai-is-beco...
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'AI is Becoming a Key Election Battlefield'
Ahead of the Makerfield by-election, think-tank director and academic Daniel Stone tells the Byline Times Podcast that artificial intelligence is fast becoming a relevant topic for voters.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/06/2026
Calls to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for rapist in Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice
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Calls to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for rapist in Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice
Paul Quinn will serve at least 14 years for the 2003 rape in Salford and could spend less time in prison than Malkinson The government’s most senior law officer has been asked to review the “unduly lenient” prison sentence handed to a rapist who evaded police for nearly two decades in one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Paul Quinn was jailed last week for a minimum of 14 years, meaning he could spend less time in prison than Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly convicted of his crime. Continue reading...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 05/06/2026
This presumably explains the tsunami of adverts for US holidays I'm getting on Instagram . 👇 'Staggering dip in US tourism is a troubling sign for the future' edition.cnn.com/2026/05/25/t...
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Not even the World Cup can offset massive losses in tourists to the US | CNN
With the exception of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2025 saw the biggest drop in foreign visitors to the US in two decades due, in part, to presidential rhetoric and policies. The full cost of this downturn ...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 02/06/2026
"Unsurprisingly, when The New Statesman published ‘Six things we learned from the Mandelson files’ yesterday, the fact that its editor was featured as a pal of both the man himself and Morgan McSweeney didn’t make the cut...." Ooops! 🤣 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/02/p...
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Peter Mandelson, The New Statesman and How the 'Soft PR' Sausage Gets Made
Mic Wright looks at evidence of backroom media wheeler dealing revealed in the recent tranche of documents released to Parliament
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 31/05/2026
Timely report from @ippr.org (before the AI bubble bursts!) 'Rebuilding worker power for the age of AI' - www.ippr.org/articles/str...
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Strike while AI is hot: Rebuilding worker power for the age of AI | IPPR
Artificial intelligence is the latest technology to raise the spectre of human labour becoming obsolete. AI technologies can now perform complex cognitive
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 26/05/2026
The key issue is no longer simply who gets into television, but who can afford to stay and build a long-term career.
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The TV industry still struggles with class inequality – access alone won’t fix it
The key issue is no longer simply who gets into television, but who can afford to stay and build a long-term career.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 20/05/2026
Rage Against The Machine: How Long Before The US 'Techlash' Spreads? www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Rage Against The Machine: How Long Before The US 'Techlash' Spreads?
Ruining childhoods, increasing energy and water costs and now, increasingly, destroying jobs – voters’ resentment against big tech is growing. Ben ...
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
“The independence of juries and their liberty to pass a verdict according to their conscience, whatever the law or the authorities may demand… is important not only for justice but for democracy, too.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Juries must be allowed to follow their conscience
In 1670 a group of jurors who defied a judge helped establish the independence of the jury – but the Palestine Action trials suggest that is now under threat
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped - www.middleeasteye.net/news/filmmake…
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Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped
Award-winning film exposes Gaza war as BBC faces bias and censorship claims
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 05/05/2026
Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his documentation of Israel's war on Gaza - www.pulitzer.org/winners/sahe...
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Saher Alghorra, contributor, The New York Times
For his haunting, sensitive series showing the devastation and starvation in Gaza resulting from the war with Israel.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 03/05/2026
Ssshhh, don't mention Israel .... by far the world's biggest killer of media workers, and which continues to ban journalists access to what's left of Gaza. And, indeed, they don't. Not one word ... 👇 #WordlPressFreedom #GazaGenocide www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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BBC steps up the fight against media clampdowns around the world
According to the 2026 World Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), press freedom is at the lowest point in the last quarter of a century
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 22/04/2026
The Red Rebel Brigade mime troupe surround an inflatable globe in Parliament Square, London, UK as part of a ceremony marking #EarthDay. The annual global event supporting environmental protection hopes to unite people in combating climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Members of the Red Rebel Brigade activist mime troupe surround an inflatable earth in Parliament Square, London, UK on 22/4/26 as part of celebrations for Earth Day 2026. The Palace of Westminster is visible in the background. IMAGE © Ron Fassbender
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 16/04/2026
Keir Starmer 'lied and lied over Peter Mandelson and must resign' #DumpStarmer #EpsteinAxis #PeterMandelson www.thenational.scot/news/2602873...
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Keir Starmer 'lied and lied over Peter Mandelson and must resign', MPs say
KEIR Starmer “lied and lied again” to the public and MPs over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador and must resign, opposition…
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 14/04/2026
Euro-Med Monitor report documents dozens of testimonies from Palestinian victims from Gaza who were subjected to sexual violence, including rape, inside Israeli prisons and detention centres. Zero coverage of this that I've seen in UK state/corporate media euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7...
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“Another genocide behind walls”: New report documents testimonies of rape and sexual violence in Israeli prisons
Sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centres is a de facto state policy, used as a tool of subjugation and destruction
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 13/04/2026
Over 500 people, including elderly, blind and disabled people arrested under terrorism laws in Trafalgar Square, London for silently sitting holding placards. A few shots from @defendourjuries.bsky.social latest action 👇
Police carry off a man arrested for allegedly holding a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Trafalgar Square, London, UK 11/4/26. Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderPolice arrested a blind and disabled man for allegedly holding a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Trafalgar Square, London, UK 11/4/26. Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderCrowds of people hold placards reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Trafalgar Square, London, UK 11/4/26. Over 500 were arrested. Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderA woman standing in front of a row of police officers holds a placard saying "We do not consent to political policing" during a 'Lift the Ban' rally in Trafalgar Square, London, UK 11/4/26. Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron Fassbender
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 13/04/2026
Over 500 people, including elderly, blind and disabled people and Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja arrested under terrorism laws in Trafalgar Square, London for silently sitting holding placards. A few shots from @defendourjuries.bsky.social latest action 👇
Robert Del Naja, founder member of Massive Attack sits holding a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action". Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderA man  wearing a red hat and glasses sits holding a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action". Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderAn 83-year old lady sits holding a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action". Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron FassbenderA woman sits holding a toy doll wearing a placard reading "I Oppose Genocide. I support Palestine Action". Despite the courts finding a government ban on direct action network Palestine Action to be unlawful the police are still arresting people who "support" them, pending result of a government appeal. Image © Ron Fassbender
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 13/04/2026
Freedom of navigation? But obviously NOT for - Gaza Cuba Venezuela where naval blockades are destroying economies and causing mass suffering, as intended. #DumpStarmer
Screenshot of a tweet by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussing  closure of the Straits of Hormuz following the unprovoked and illegal war launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, with UK co-operation.
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 10/04/2026
In Keir Starmer's backyard - "Election battle as one of Labour’s longest serving councillors backs the Greens" @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/elec...
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Election battle as one of Labour’s longest serving councillors backs the Greens
Exclusive: Former deputy leader says people should vote for local candidates in Holborn and Covent Garden
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 08/04/2026
BBC investigates self, finds that broadcasting the n-word is OK but the words "Free Palestine" must not be heard -
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 07/04/2026
Keep Film Projection Alive! Support The Last Picture Shop - photoarchivenews.com/news/keep-fi...
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Keep Film Projection Alive! Support The Last Picture Shop - Photoarchivenews
Here’s an interesting project in celebrating 16mm film – The Last Picture Shop Feature Documentary, it’s a film aiming to keep a small film shop in London’s East End alive! …and you can help They say:...
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 06/04/2026
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - Israel committing "ethnic cleansing" and "crimes against humanity" in the West Bank - www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Ex-Israeli premier says Jews committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in West Bank
Ehud Olmert warns Israeli actions could lead officials to International Criminal Court amid ongoing violence in occupied territory | Anadolu
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