https://www.declassifieduk.org/us-arms-firm-secures-ban-on-palestine-protests-in-britain
Court documents reveal aerospace firm Moog has obtained an injunction against protesters in Britain and even consulted the police about Declassified.
A US arms firm has launched legal action against pro-Palestine activists in Britain, it can be revealed.
Court documents show Moog, which makes military aircraft parts and has links to Israel’s arms trade, applied for an injunction in September to prevent protests at its UK sites.
The application, which was granted by the High Court, sought to stop “persons unknown” who “for the purpose of protest enter occupy or remain on” the firm’s facilities across Britain.
Moog returned to court earlier this month and obtained a wider injunction to cover interference with “access to or egress from that land and premises”.
This means protesters are barred from blocking traffic around entrances and exits and face risk of arrest on public land adjacent to the company’s sites.
Moog requested the injunction after its factory in Wolverhampton was targeted by a direct-action group named “Palestinian Martyrs for Justice”.
In August, four members of that group crashed through the factory’s gates and smashed its rooftop, allegedly causing over £1m in damage.
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Amnesty International warns “these injunctions are created solely to intimidate people”
Amnesty International said it was “seriously concerned by the development of so-called ‘persons unknown injunctions’ by the British courts, and their impact on peaceful protest rights”.
Its UK law and human rights director Tom Southerden told Declassified: “Such injunctions are routinely issued for companies, landowners and public authorities without any opposition, anyone putting the counter arguments or anyone testing the evidence that the applicants seek to rely on.
“They bring with them hugely inflated punishments for acts of protest, as breaching them constitutes contempt of court.
“Potentially even worse are the financial risks faced by anyone caught up in them, who face the prospect of having to pay the legal costs of major multinational corporations, leading to people losing their homes and being made bankrupt.
“These injunctions are created solely to intimidate people into not protesting and urgently need to be curtailed”.
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