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Ron Fassbender
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Photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK.

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'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK last night. It followed a report co-authored by @progintl.bsky.social into weapon sales & accusations that Foreign Secretary David Lammy has misled Parliament.
Activists from @defendourjuries.bsky.social celebrate as the High Court in London rules the government's ban of direct-action network Palestine Action unlawful.
#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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👉NEW -- Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide

by John McEvoy & Alex Morris

Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org/over-2000-br...
Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide
Exclusive: Declassified obtained data on the number of UK nationals in the IDF. We are publishing it for the first time
www.declassifieduk.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Red Cross President: ‘What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms’
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260209-red...
Red Cross President: ‘What we have seen in Gaza exceeds all legal, ethical, moral and humanitarian norms’
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, has warned that the destruction in Gaza represents a collapse of all international standards. “What we…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Theatrical protest outside Equinor's London HQ today, against their proposed development of the Rosebank oil field, off Scotland's coast, with an Israeli company. Threat to climate targets and marine ecosystems if scheme approved by Starmer regime. #photojournalism
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Ron Fassbender - Climate protest at Equinor oil company HQ
Activists from Fossil Free London stage a theatrical protest outside Norwegian oil company Equinor, against proposed development of Rosebank oilfield.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
34th National March for Palestine in London, UK, 31/1/26.

"Scumbags in Action"

#GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #photo
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
34th National March for Palestine in London, UK, 31/1/26.

At least 32 people were reportedly killed in a wave of Israeli air strikes across Gaza on the same day.

#GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #photo
February 1, 2026 at 8:21 AM
U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, "blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza" -

www.reuters.com/world/early-...
US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza
U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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From the Thames to Brazil: water for sale.

Polluted rivers, collapsing ecosystems and communities left to pick up the damage.

open.substack.com/pub/yourvoiz...
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
INSI 'Killing the Messenger' report (pdf):

"The erosion of international law, accelerated by Israel’s conduct in Gaza & reinforced by the Trump administration’s rejection of international legal norms, has further normalised the killing of journalists.

newssafety.org/media/resour...
newssafety.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Royal Courts of Justice yesterday as a legal challenge is made by Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions and Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign opposing Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s decision to grant consent for a new runway at Gatwick Airport.
#ClimateEmergency #NoisePollution
January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, reports on:

"The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps"

www.btselem.org/publications...
www.btselem.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I'm sure politicians and media will be rushing to condemn this.....

'London Exhibition Forced to Close After Right-Wing Vandal Attacks'
news.artnet.com/art-world/lo...
London Exhibition Forced to Close After Right-Wing Vandal Attacks
An exhibition at London's Bomb Factory confronting some of U.K.'s most polarizing politics has been shut down after being vandalized
news.artnet.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch addresses a demo against the proposed Chinese embassy in the former Royal Mint in London's financial district. Strangely, she made no mention of the fact that it was Boris Johnson's close aide, Sir Edward Lister, who helped arrange the sale of the historic site to China.
January 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Can the last American to leave the UK please turn out the lights:

FT - "US Senate introduces bill to stop military from occupying Nato territories"
ft.trib.al/y6E1fB2
January 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
My unsurprising takeaway from this report is that AI/Google have completely screwed publishers' business models, first gobbling up content and, now, readership -

Journalism, media, & technology trends & predictions 2026

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026
Our annual survey of media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
UN report chronicles intensification of decades of severe racial discrimination by Israel in occupied West Bank -
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN report chronicles intensification of decades of severe racial discrimination by Israel in occupied West Bank
GENEVA – A comprehensive UN Human Rights Office report released today details the asphyxiating impact of Israel’s laws, policies and practices on every aspect of daily life for Palestinians in the occ...
www.ohchr.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Minister admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis -
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ministe...
Minister admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
MPs call out comment by courts minister Sackman during fiery debate on jury reforms.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible -

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The ceasefire did what it was meant to do – make Gaza invisible
Mass death in Gaza continues and yet the world no longer pays attention, convinced the genocide is over.
www.aljazeera.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
'By granting broad discretionary powers to police and criminalizing peaceful protest tactics, the UK state risks silencing dissenting voices, discouraging civic participation, eroding democratic accountability, and ultimately fraying the fabric of democracy itself.' - www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
Silencing the Streets
The 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK,” documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the...
www.hrw.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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🔴Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate

Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/f...
Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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'Vindication': Gaza film BBC refused to show wins British Journalism Award

Ramita Navai told Press Gazette: "The whole process with the BBC was deeply disappointing and deeply upsetting"

But she said Channel 4 stepping up was "journalism at its best"
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
'Vindication': Gaza film BBC refused to show wins British Journalism Award
Documentary maker Ramita Navai said it felt like “vindication” after Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won a prize at the British Journalism Awards.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
‘If I must die’: poetry from Gaza creates an alternative archive of testimony -
theconversation.com/if-i-must-di...
‘If I must die’: poetry from Gaza creates an alternative archive of testimony
Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM