New report exposes how targeting of Pro-Palestine activism is structural

London — Today's publication of Britain’s Index of Repression by the European Legal Support Centre confirms the advocacy and casework experience of CAGE: that the British State is targeting of individuals expressing solidarity with Palestine.

The State works with Israel first UK based organisations as identified in CAGE’s May 2025 report, Britain’s Apartheid Apologists, particularly how organisations have used charitable platforms, regulatory mechanisms and media amplification to pursue political advocacy defending Israel’s genocide in Gaza while initiating complaints that result in professional and reputational harm to those expressing solidarity with Palestine.The database documents hundreds of incidents across education, workplaces and protest spaces. The findings echo our direct experience supporting hundreds of individuals who have faced dismissal, suspension, arrest, investigation, reputational smears and regulatory complaints due to their lawful pro-Palestine activism. The Index clearly demonstrates that these incidents are part of a coordinated and structural pattern of suppression.

CAGE has supported teachers, students, healthcare professionals, civil servants, charity workers, imams and activists targeted for expressing solidarity with Palestine.

In many cases, individuals have faced:

• Coordinated complaint campaigns
• Referrals to regulators or employers
• Media amplification of allegations
• Disciplinary procedures triggered by political expression
• Arrest and criminalisation of protest

Earlier this year, CAGE submitted a formal complaint to the Charity Commission concerning both the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), detailing how both organisations have engaged in repeated complaint campaigns targeting pro-Palestinian individuals, universities, employers and regulatory bodies.

The Commission has since raised regulatory concerns with the CAA, issuing a remedial Action Plan under section 15(2) of the Charities Act 2011 requiring trustees to take specific steps to improve governance and compliance with charity law.

This development follows reporting that the Commission opened an active investigation into the UKLFI Charitable Trust over concerns that some of its activities may fall outside the scope of its charitable objectives.

Britain’s Index of Repression provides national data evidencing the wider impact of such tactics.

Anas Mustapha, Head of Public Advocacy at CAGE International, said:

“For years we have supported hundreds of individuals who have been targeted simply for opposing genocide and apartheid. Teachers have been disciplined. Workers have been dismissed. Protesters have been arrested. Students have been investigated, and in some cases even suspended, risking deportation. 

“The publication of this Index confirms that what many experienced as personal misfortune is in fact institutional policy and coordinated harassment.

“We are witnessing the use of regulatory bodies, charitable platforms and media ecosystems to suppress dissent on behalf of a genocidal state - and to push for silence out of fear of repercussions. This demands a full public inquiry. The British public deserves transparency about how and why individuals are being punished for expressing solidarity with Palestine.”

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