On Saturday, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters published a video across multiple social media platforms in which he declared his support of proscribed terrorist organisation Palestine Action.
Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 states that “A person commits an offence if the person expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, and in doing so is reckless as to whether a person to whom the expression is directed will be encouraged to support a proscribed organisation.”
Section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2006 makes that criminal offence apply worldwide, stating that “If a person does anything outside the United Kingdom, and his action, if done in a part of the United Kingdom, would constitute an offence falling within [section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000], he shall be guilty in that part of the United Kingdom of the offence.”
Campaign Against Antisemitism is preparing a criminal prosecution, which would require the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson.
In 2023, Campaign Against Antisemitism released a documentary film, “The Dark Side of Roger Waters”. From e-mails proposing the inclusion of “dirty k*ke” on the inflatable pig habitually floated above Waters’ concerts and the “bombing” of audiences with confetti in the shape of swastikas, Stars of David and other symbols, to an outburst about “Jew food”, a song about a “f***ing Jew” and mockery of a Holocaust victim, the documentary made headlines around the world.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “We have reviewed the video posted by Roger Waters. Palestine Action has been proscribed. Anyone expressing support for it contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 commits a criminal offence. We stand ready to privately prosecute offenders in instances where an offence has been made out and the authorities fail to act.”
