00:00Hunter Shrike's choice is not symbolic, it is real and it is urgent.
00:05No one chooses formation lightly. It is not a tactic of ease or comfort.
00:11It is the last stand where all other attributes have been denied.
00:16To dismiss it is to misunderstand its gravity.
00:22To ignore it is to participate in harm.
00:25The Hunter Shrike is an urgent moral demand, a demand that the world sees what's happening in Gaza,
00:35a demand that injustice is challenged, a demand that those in power are held accountable.
00:44Standing with them and reading our voices, refusing to let their sacrifice no one noticed,
00:50this is where our power lies.
00:53This is where Solidarity transformed from words into action.
00:59These young people are teaching us something fundamental,
01:03that justice is not passive, that it does not wait for anyone's permission and that it will not be silenced.
01:13What we are standing here for is bigger than the 800 Shrikers.
01:16It is about the right of every person to resist oppression and to act in the face of injustice
01:25and to demand accountability for those complicit in genocide.
01:31We should not accept a status quo where people have to starve themselves to be hurt and where even that is not enough.
01:43This is the moment that matters.
01:45If someone dies on hunger strike in a UK prison, it will not be because harm was impossible,
01:51but because it was been held.
01:53Let us make it clear that the moral courage of a few young people will not be ignored,
02:04and that those who risk everything to defend life will never be forgotten.
02:08Their fight is our fight, and their courage must combat us to act.
02:14Solidarity, thank you.
02:15Free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free.
02:27Our next speaker is Shamil Jordan, here representing Commander Malaksa,
02:31one of the co-organisers of today's rally.
02:34Thank you so much.
02:35Can I do the hard-loss strikers?
02:38Can I do the hard-loss strikers?
02:40Can I do the hard-loss strikers?
02:42Can I do the hard-loss strikers?
02:44Can I do the hard-loss strikers?
02:45These guys, these guys are doing something that we have been unable to do so.
02:55They are continuing, continuing to keep Palestine at the forefront of their lives.
03:05They are literally having Palestine at the forefront of their lives.
03:12Palestine is their life.
03:14They are having to give their life to Palestine,
03:17because the Justice Secretary cannot even bother to meet,
03:23to meet what they're making to say in their lives.
03:29Shame on Lani. Shame on our government.
03:35But you will. I'm not even surprised. This is the sad thing. I'm not even surprised.
03:42This is the pride. This government, this current Justice Secretary, who is the Foreign Secretary,
03:47has overridden. Our government has watched over our government be a partner in the genocide.
03:55In this continuing genocide. So we can't expect that.
04:00But we must demand it. We must demand it. We must continue.
04:05Because people's lives are at risk. Not just in Gaza and Palestine. They're here too.
04:11And we will not be silent. We will not power. They cannot silence us.
04:17Because we stand for justice. We stand for humanity.
04:23Something that they lack. And they're trying to take away from us.
04:28I tell you. I plead. Every single one of you. Do not let the government take that humanity away from us.
04:35They're trying to split us. They're trying to fight us. They're trying to scare us.
04:40But we shall not. Every legislation. Every breath breathing.
04:47Everything they do is to make us scared so we stare at home.
04:52For them to make us think that we do not matter. For them to make us think that we have no voice.
05:01But let me tell you. Let me tell them. We matter. We all matter. We are the movement.
05:11Because things historically have never changed when the government and the ministers and those in power decide.
05:19Change happens when we make it happen.
05:22And we stay united when we continue to stay on the streets and we say. On this issue.
05:31Do you see. Do you see. Do you see. Do you see. Do you see. Do you see. Do you see.
05:37And with that. With that said. Between now. And the next National Demonstration on Saturday the 31st of January.
05:45No doubt, no doubt you will hear more things coming from the government, more to try and break us.
05:53But this is why between now and the next temptation on January the 31st, we must feel stronger than we have.
06:00Bring in this new year when you're seeing your friends and family during this holiday period.
06:05Remind us, we are going to be so lucky to be spending with our loved ones.
06:10So, so lucky to be choosing what we eat.
06:12So, so lucky, but that is not the case for those in Gaza.
06:18So, let us continue to build our movement of love.
06:21Let us continue to stand in solidarity.
06:24And let's march forward together.
06:26Free, free, Palestine.
06:28Free, free, Palestine.
06:34Free, free, Palestine.
06:37Free, free, Palestine.
06:39Free, free, Palestine.
06:41Free, free, from the river to the sea.
06:51Free, free, Palestine.
06:54From the river to the sea.
06:58From the river to the sea.
07:01From the sea! From the river to the sea! And from the sea to the river! From the sea to the river!
07:16Okay, thank you so much everyone for being here tonight.
07:23She had been at the point that you're right, now she's awaiting 23.
07:26She's on day 46 of hunger strike. Her life was, and still is, at risk.
07:32Zahra Sultana had contacted David Lamy and West Street team urging immediate intervention, but received no response.
07:43Eventually today, Kessa has received an ambulance transfer to hospital, but that's only as a result of the protests outside.
07:52And yet, the sorry police decided to arrest the only black man there, a doctor.
07:58Shame!
08:02Protesters have now left outside the prison, but please keep an eye on social media for details of arrestee support for those who are arrested there today.
08:12And at this protest...
08:15We have a style. We have a style.
08:18We are free. We have a style. We are free. nosotros are free.
08:23We are free for the begging of the jury.
08:27We are free. We are free.
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