Palestine Solidarity Southampton is a local branch of the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The British government have announced they wish to change the law to avoid future attempts to prosecute suspected war criminals. It is reported that they may come forward with proposals this week.

Please act NOW:

1/ Email Gordon Brown and the Foreign Office, telling them not to change the law:

 http://www.iparl.com/lobby-psc/index.php?actionkey=1020

See the open letter to Gordon Brown, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and published in the Guardian on Saturday:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/16/war-crimes-universal-jurisdiction-israel;

And click here for Amnesty’s briefing and email facility: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=676

2/  Email your MP to ask them to sign Early Day Motion 502 on universal jurisdiction – check here http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40074&SESSION=903

to see if they have already signed – and if they have, please email to thank them.

To email your MP, go to www.writetothem.com

Sign the Downing Street petition http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ArrestTzipiLivni/