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2023-12-09 Arabia
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Pro-Palestinian activists bemoan tight restrictions on protest at Dubai’s COP28
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Truly we live in an age of miracles. May God bless you and keep you, Donald Trump! . [IsraelTimes] Protest group leader complains of limited space for activities, ban on flags, certain slogans; ’We couldn’t speak about apartheid or about occupation,’ other organizer says.
Pro-Paleostinian activists at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai said on Friday they were facing unprecedented restrictions including prohibitions on flags, designated protest zones, and scrutiny of their slogans.
Although the summit is taking place in a "blue zone" under UN control — protest is de facto banned in the Gulf emirate — strict rules are in place, in particular when it comes to denouncing the Israel-Hamas
 ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
war, the activists said during a meeting with journalists.
The war erupted after the devastating October 7 onslaught on Israel by Hamas-led bandidos Death Eaters who killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians slaughtered in their homes and at a music festival amid brutal atrocities, and took some 240 hostages. Israel then launched an offensive aimed at destroying the terror group’s military and government in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip, where it has ruled since 2007.
When asked for comment, the UN’s climate body, the UNFCC, said that "within the blue zone, space is available for participants to assemble peacefully and make their voices heard on climate-related issues."
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
Asad Rehman, of the organization War on Want, said COP28 was "probably the most restrictive we’ve seen, way more restrictive than Egypt last year."
He cited tightened rules such as bans on waving flags or explicitly targeting a country, including during pressers.
Slogans, which must be declared in advance to the UNFCC, regarding calls for a ceasefire in Gaza have led to difficult discussions with officials, he said.
"We were told... we couldn’t speak about apartheid or about occupation," said Tasneem Essop of Climate Action Network International.
She said the zones where protests are permitted are restricted and not very visible, while activists have been asked by security agents to refrain from displaying symbols of support for Paleostinians, such as the keffiyeh.
The activists, who are planning a march on Saturday, said they had received assurances from the Emirati presidency of COP28 that the restrictions had not been imposed by the United Arab Emirates, which normalized its relations with Israel in 2020.
Sebastien Duyck, from the Center for International Environmental Law, said it was "simply unacceptable" for UN representatives to decide "what messages can be tolerated, and what messages are not appropriate."
The UN climate body said it had received 167 "action submissions," more than the 153 at COP27, and that it had permitted 14 demonstrations per day in the first week of the conference, a similar number to 2022.
"In a small number of specific cases the UNFCC secretariat are working directly with those requesting actions to ensure that the code of conduct can be adhered to," it added. 
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