A large crowd of supporters of the ‘Filton 24’ anti-genocide protesters held for more than a year without trial as political prisoners by the Starmer regime, and of the eight of them who are on hunger strike in protest, gathered again outside Downing Street on Thursday, 12 December to demand an end to Keir Starmer’s war on pro-Palestine speech and activism.

Among them was Emma Kamio, whose daughter Leona is one of the prisoners and may join the hunger strike, and who has herself been arrested and harassed by the Starmer police state.

Political prisoners: the situation is deteriorating

Kamio spoke of her exhaustion after the long injustice for the political prisoners. Still, she has a determination to continue campaigning for the freedom of her daughter and her comrades. So, she sent a message asking the hunger strikers, who are now in their second month of starvation, to end their strike because Starmer’s genocide-collaborator regime is perfectly prepared to let them die.

Gerry Tasker captured her speech for Skwawkbox:

https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Emma-Kamio-hb.mp4

Chiara Contrino was at the demo and captured powerful images:

Activist photographer ‘BetterThanReal’ also captured the scene powerfully:

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