Amnesty Claim Member Cheering On “Cut Their Throats” Jones Couldn’t Hear Speech
Spotted at former Labour councillor Ricky Jones’ “cut all their throats” speech on Wednesday was a woman ironically sporting an Amnesty shirt. As Jones has been charged by the police for “encouraging violent disorder”, one co-conspirator thought to contact Amnesty International on the concerning nature of a member cheering on Jones…
The charity that describes its mission as “exposing human rights abuses” responded in somewhat of a ‘nothing to see here’ way, claiming that the Amnesty activist in the video was “distracted and hadn’t heard the speaker’s comments when they applauded generally with the crowd.” Despite the fact Jones had a megaphone and was standing right next to her…
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We appreciate you taking time to write in and raise your concerns. Members and supporters of Amnesty UK attended the mass rally in Walthamstow. The activist in the video has made clear to us that they were distracted and hadn’t heard the speaker’s comments when they applauded generally with the crowd.
The speaker at the event is not affiliated with Amnesty and we strongly oppose violence and any kind of hateful speech
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