Activists graffiti hunger strikers’ demands across David Lammy’s office

Activists have graffitied the demands of eight hunger strikers across the North London office of David Lammy. The action, at the office of the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, took place early this morning, 17 December. And it happened as prison staff were denying medical care to an activist near death.

Hunger strikers’ demands

The demands of eight prisoners from Palestine Action, daubed in red on the North London office exterior, call for an end to media censorship, immediate bail, the right to a fair trial, the de-proscription of Palestine Action and to close all sites of Israel’s main arms supplier, Elbit Systems.

A spokesperson from Shut The System said:

These blood-red words will forever be a stain on Labour for valuing imperialist profits above life. Labour’s refusal to engage with hunger strikers critically close to death yet again exposes the extreme lengths our leaders will go to – unless we stop them.

We act against a common imperialist enemy driving genocide and climate chaos. Arms companies profit from weapons tested on Palestinian families while Chevron and BP profit from oil and gas extracted from Palestinian lands.

The British government’s inaction prolongs unimaginable trauma – all in the name of profit. Nobody is free till Palestine is free.

The action builds on pressure from more than 50 MPs and peers who signed an open letter published yesterday, urging Lammy to meet the hunger strikers’ lawyers. The letter told him to show “responsibility and some humanity before it is too late”.

Lammy caused outrage last week when he refused to meet the MPs worried about the health of their hunger-striking constituents. They’re being held without trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action.

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