Billy Briggs, The Ferret, May 1, 2020 Human rights campaigners in Scotland have welcomed a ruling by the UK’s Supreme Court that council pension funds
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Banking giant HSBC divests from Israeli arms manufacturer following pressure from human rights campaigners
War on Want, 27 December 2018 HSBC confirmed to campaigners that it has fully divested from Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, which sells weapons to
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Quakers will not profit from the occupation of Palestine
Quakers in Britain, 19 November 2018 Quakers in Britain has today become the first church in the UK to announce it will not invest any
Read moreThe first UK university to divest from Israeli apartheid is Leeds
Electronic Intifada, 6 November 2018 Update appended below. Leeds has become the first UK university to divest from firms involved in the Israeli arms trade,
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Government suffers defeat in court by Palestine campaigners over boycott, divestment and sanctions
22 June 2017, Palestine Solidarity Campaign The Government has acted unlawfully by attempting to restrict local councils from pursuing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against
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