• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Brighton & Hove Palestine Campaign

Brighton & Hove Palestine Campaign

Supporting the struggle to achieve a just and lasting peace for Palestine

  • Home
  • Get involved with BHPSC
    • Our activities
    • Membership
    • Contact Us
    • Donate to BHPSC
    • Travel to Palestine information
    • Online stockist of Palestinian products
    • Privacy Policy
  • About Palestine
  • Campaigns
    • Hewlett-Packard
    • Sainsbury’s Campaign
    • Stop Arming Israel – Arms Embargo Now
    • EcoStream / SodaStream
    • Boycott
    • Water meters
    • Lobbying
    • Jordan Valley Solidarity
  • Upcoming Events
    • Upcoming Local Events
    • Other Upcoming Events
  • News & Reports
    • Local News & Reports
    • News & Reports from Palestine
    • Other News & Reports

Prosecution of local activist collapses – update

May 9, 2013

From our press release:

The Crown Prosecution Service has ‘discontinued proceedings’ against a local activist who was arrested in November 2012 for chaining himself to door handles of the EcoStream store in Western Road. This means that the trial has, in effect, been abandoned.

Andrzej was initially charged with ‘failing to leave private land’ and a trial date was set. However, the activist has been informed that the charges have been dropped ‘due to lack of evidence’. Andrzej did not formally contest the charges, stating that the action was taken to demonstrate that EcoStream is unwelcome in Brighton due to the location of its main factory in the illegal Israeli settlement of Mishor Adumim.

In a statement, Andrzej said: “This action was done as a part of the wider Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. After consulting with other activists I decided to chain myself to the doors of the EcoStream store in order to raise awareness of the company’s active role in the occupation of Palestine. This was especially important for me at the time because Israel had just started bombing Gaza and a ground invasion seemed imminent.”

Local campaigners for the boycott, divestment and sanctions of Israel (BDS) hailed the decision to drop charges as a victory for the campaign. Barney Steele, a campaigner for Palestine Solidarity, stated that the action in November clearly demonstrated the strength of opinion locally. ‘Hundreds of local residents have signed our petition and contacted us to convey their support for the campaign against Ecostream. People really object to the prominent presence of a shop in central Brighton that is so closely complicit in the Israeli project of illegal settlement expansion and ethnic cleansing in Palestine’.

Filed Under: Local News & Reports

Primary Sidebar


twitter      facebook

Recent Posts

  • Video recordings of our series of online events ‘Brighton-Palestine Connect’ now available

    Video recordings of our series of online events ‘Brighton-Palestine Connect’ now available

  • Gaza in crisis – BHPSC has donated to MAP’s emergency appeal

    Gaza in crisis – BHPSC has donated to MAP’s emergency appeal

  • ‘How Brighton became Labour’s Israel-Palestine battleground’

    ‘How Brighton became Labour’s Israel-Palestine battleground’

  • Campaigners for Palestinian rights respond to City Council statement on racism and imperialism

    Campaigners for Palestinian rights respond to City Council statement on racism and imperialism

  • Trump’s so-called peace plan: write to the Foreign Office and your MP

    Trump’s so-called peace plan: write to the Foreign Office and your MP

Sign up below for periodic email updates. Better yet, become a member of BHPSC by clicking HERE

Copyright © 2021 Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Contact Us

This site uses cookies to enhance your online experience and to better understand how our website is used. By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies.OkPrivacy policy & cookies