# Challenging Anti-Palestinian Repression in the UK & Europe

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Podcast: [Occupied Thoughts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/occupied-thoughts-1004589)
Published: 2026-04-06T13:00:41+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of FMEP's Occupied Thoughts podcast, FMEP President Lara Friedman speaks with Dr. Amira Abdelhamid, Director of Research & Monitoring at the European Legal Support Center (ELSC). The ELSC is the first and only independent organization defending and empowering the Palestine solidarity movement across Europe through legal, research, and advocacy support. Check out the ELSC online at https://elsc.support/ and on X at https://x.com/elsclegal Lara and Amira talked about the ELSC, it's work challenging anti-Palestinian repression in the UK and Europe, and about the recently launched database, Britain’s Index of Repression and the previously launched database, Germany's Index of Repression [check out both databases at https://www.index-of-repression.org/ -- developed/published in partnership with Forensic Architecture (https://forensic-architecture.org/( and Forensis (https://counter-investigations.org/)], as well as ELSC's recent report: On All Fronts: The Multi-Sited Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Britain -- https://elsc.support/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/On-All-Fronts-The-Multi-Sited-Repression-of-Palestine-Solidarity-in-Britain.pdf.

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