Thousands of protestors from all over the country are expected to march to the BBC headquarters in London this weekend for this year’s Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of Palestine.

The national broadcaster has been instrumental in misrepresenting the genocide and trying to create a climate in which it can be publicly accepted. Police have banned recent protests from gathering outside the organisation’s offices.

The turnout is expected to surpass last year’s record attendance in view of the continuing genocide in Palestine which has so far seen at least 50,000 Palestinians slaughtered, most of them women and children.

Israel’s savage onslaught has continued in wilful breach of the ceasefire reached in January, with massive aerial bombardments this week which have claimed hundreds of victims and a suffocating siege that has prevented food and other essentials from entering the beleaguered Gaza Strip.

At the same time, Israeli forces have besieged and invaded many West Bank towns and villages causing huge loss of life and damage to infrastructure.

This year, participants will assemble at Marble Arch on Sunday 23 March at 2.30pm before marching to the headquarters of the BBC in Portland Place. The national broadcaster has been instrumental in misrepresenting the genocide and trying to create a climate in which it can be publicly accepted.

The Al-Quds Day demo has taken place peacefully in London for over 40 years without a single arrest. One of its attractions has always been its inclusiveness with demonstrators coming from all walks of life. Jews, Christians and Muslims, and people of other faiths and none all march in common cause side by side. The event also attracts many women and children.

Al-Quds Day is being supported by a much larger number of organisations this year:

ABSocforJustice, Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission, Ahlulbayt Sisters Association, Black Activists Rising For Justice, Black Lives Matter Coalition UK, Cambridge Stop the War Coalition, Campaign Against Misreprentation in Public Affairs and the News (CAMPAIN), Campaigns Against Sanctions, Military and Imperial Interventions, Cardiff Ahlulbayt Islamic Society, Christians for Palestine, City Friends of Palestine, Convivencia Alliance, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, Hands Off Uhuru Hands Off Africa, Healthworkers and Allies for Palestine, Hertfordshire Ahlulbayt Islamic Society, Hindus for Human Rights UK (HIHR UK), Innovative Minds Human Rights Group (InMinds), Islamic Human Rights Commission, Islamic Society of Heriot-Watt University, Jewish Network for Palestine, Manchester Ahlulbayt Islamic Society, Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPAC), Neturei Karta, No2NATO, Palestine Pulse, Palestinian Youth Movement, Peacekeeper Trust, Scotland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Scottish PSC), Sisters Circle, Spinwatch, UAL Islamic Society, University of Aberdeen Palestinian Solidarity Society

Further details are available here.

IHRC is also continuing with the #FlyTheFlag and #boycottapartheid campaign which proved highly successful during the pandemic. This calls on freedom seeking people from around the world to raise the flag for Palestine from 1st April. People can fly the flag and promote #boycottapartheid outside their home, workplace, on their car, or wherever they find suitable. More information is available here. 

For more information or comment please contact the Press Office on (+44) 208 904 0222  or (+44) 7958 522196 or email media@ihrc.org [ENDS]

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