Family pay heartbreaking tribute to ex-Nottingham Forest academy footballer Josh Travis, 14, after teen struck by train

Family pay heartbreaking tribute to ex-Nottingham Forest academy footballer Josh Travis, 14, after teen struck by train

THE family of an ex-Nottingham Forest academy footballer have paid a heartbreaking tribute after the teen was struck by a train. Joshua Travis, 14, tragically died following the horror incident on Wednesday in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services raced to the line in Burton Joyce just after 7pm following reports of a casualty on the track, police...

‘Permanent blot on West’ - Protesters decry London's silence over Palestinian detainees, UK hunger strikers

‘Permanent blot on West’ - Protesters decry London's silence over Palestinian detainees, UK hunger strikers

"Thousands marched through London on Saturday in a major pro-Palestine rally, calling for the release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and drawing attention to the plight of UK-based hunger strikers, as the UN marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Footage shows demonstrators marching through Green Park carrying banners reading ‘Free Palestinian hostages in Israeli captivity,’ ‘Israeli soldiers are the real terrorists,’ ‘I support de-proscribing Palestine Action’ and placards naming the hunger strikers held on remand in British prisons. Police kept a cordon between the main protest and a small pro-Israeli counter-demonstration. “We're standing here demanding the release of the over 10,000 Palestinian hostages held captive, illegally captive, in so-called Israeli occupation forces facilities,” said British-Palestinian activist Sam. “We saw yesterday and the day before how the Israeli soldiers executed two Palestinians in front of the cameras and the whole world stood still,” he adding, referencing recent killings documented online. Sam also highlighted the six hunger strikers inside UK prisons, who have refused food for four weeks. “Two of them have already been admitted to hospital, and no one in the public media, no one in the BBC, has even mentioned these six pure souls,” he said. Investigative journalist Peter Oborne said that public solidarity matters deeply. “To Palestinians, it's very important for them to see that they haven't been forgotten, that people are on their side, particularly now as they're under terrific, frightening attack.” Oborne added that governments will long be remembered for supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza. “I think something is changing in the West. It's permanent, it’s too late, and it's a permanent blot, so very more than a blot on the reputation of Western countries that they have facilitated, paid for, funded, and sold arms to a genocidal Israel as it pursues its genocidal mission in Gaza.” He further noted that the media has been avoiding talking about the hunger strikers. “It’s quite shocking that the real danger that the hunger strikers are now in is not being reported. Look, the British press has been complicit in what most people have come to regard as a genocide,” he added. More than 30 detainees have been on a rolling hunger strike for nearly 30 days, protesting what they describe as unlawful imprisonment without trial, mistreatment in custody, and demanding fair trial rights and the dropping of terror-related charges."

‘Permanent blot on West’ - Protesters decry London's silence over Palestinian detainees, UK hunger strikers

‘Permanent blot on West’ - Protesters decry London's silence over Palestinian detainees, UK hunger strikers

"Thousands marched through London on Saturday in a major pro-Palestine rally, calling for the release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and drawing attention to the plight of UK-based hunger strikers, as the UN marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Footage shows demonstrators marching through Green Park carrying banners reading ‘Free Palestinian hostages in Israeli captivity,’ ‘Israeli soldiers are the real terrorists,’ ‘I support de-proscribing Palestine Action’ and placards naming the hunger strikers held on remand in British prisons. Police kept a cordon between the main protest and a small pro-Israeli counter-demonstration. “We're standing here demanding the release of the over 10,000 Palestinian hostages held captive, illegally captive, in so-called Israeli occupation forces facilities,” said British-Palestinian activist Sam. “We saw yesterday and the day before how the Israeli soldiers executed two Palestinians in front of the cameras and the whole world stood still,” he adding, referencing recent killings documented online. Sam also highlighted the six hunger strikers inside UK prisons, who have refused food for four weeks. “Two of them have already been admitted to hospital, and no one in the public media, no one in the BBC, has even mentioned these six pure souls,” he said. Investigative journalist Peter Oborne said that public solidarity matters deeply. “To Palestinians, it's very important for them to see that they haven't been forgotten, that people are on their side, particularly now as they're under terrific, frightening attack.” Oborne added that governments will long be remembered for supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza. “I think something is changing in the West. It's permanent, it’s too late, and it's a permanent blot, so very more than a blot on the reputation of Western countries that they have facilitated, paid for, funded, and sold arms to a genocidal Israel as it pursues its genocidal mission in Gaza.” He further noted that the media has been avoiding talking about the hunger strikers. “It’s quite shocking that the real danger that the hunger strikers are now in is not being reported. Look, the British press has been complicit in what most people have come to regard as a genocide,” he added. More than 30 detainees have been on a rolling hunger strike for nearly 30 days, protesting what they describe as unlawful imprisonment without trial, mistreatment in custody, and demanding fair trial rights and the dropping of terror-related charges."