OMAR BARGHOUTI has warned of the wider threat to human rights and justice movements if the British government’s BDS ban is passed.

Mr Barghouti, who co-founded the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, said yesterday that the ban would not only suppress Palestinian rights advocacy but activism for the climate, LGBT+ rights and economic justice.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed last month that his government will move to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other oppressive regimes.