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  • Banksy mural of judge beating a protester scrubbed off Royal Courts of Justice in London

    09/10/2025 10:42:26 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    Euronews ^ | 10/09/2025 | David Mouriquand
    HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has taken the decision to remove a new Banksy mural due to the building being listed and therefore legally protected. However, some feel that they are “silencing a work of art about silencing protest”... A new Banksy artwork that sprung up this week at the Royal Courts of Justice in London has been scrubbed off. As we reported this week, the mural by the ever-elusive street artist depicted a helpless protester lying on the ground holding a blood-spattered placard, while a judge loomed over him wielding a gavel. British police moved quickly to cover-up...
  • Irish author Sally Rooney in Israel boycott row

    10/12/2021 1:33:41 PM PDT · by Kriggerel · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | October 12, 2021 | BBC
    Irish author Sally Rooney is at the centre of a controversy after refusing to allow her new book to be translated into Hebrew by an Israeli company. The acclaimed writer said it was in support of calls to boycott Israel over its policies towards the Palestinians. She said it would "be an honour" to have Beautiful World, Where Are You translated into Hebrew by a company which shared her political position. A senior Israeli minister said such boycotts were a form of anti-Semitism.