BOYCOTT BARCLAYS The genocidal attack on Gaza isn't just fought with weapons; it's fought with money. Since October 2023, Israel has raised nearly $20 billion through government bonds, explicitly stating it's for the war.  Barclays 'primary dealer' role directly facilitates the raising of funds for these war crimes. To do business with Barclays is to do business with a state perpetrating genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and apartheid.  *Barclays is bankrolling Israel's assault, a primary dealer in Israeli war bonds *Barclays invests in Caterpillar that makes the bulldozers that are used to destroy Palestinian homes. *Barclays provides £6.1 billion financial aid to arms companies ie Raytheon which supplies parts for F35 bombers. BARCLAYS BANK - Barclays Board and shareholders have a legal obligation under international low to immediately cease trading with the rogue state of Israel as confirmed by the UN on Sept 16th. • Stop handling Israeli war bonds • Stop funding companies complicit in apartheid and genocide • Stop funding arms companies producing weapons used in the genocide BARCLAYS CUSTOMERS - • Close your account– Switching banks is easy • Switch your credit card • Don’t use BARCLAYS ATM BELFAST CITY COUNCIL - • Implement the agreed ethical procurement policy • Close Belfast City Council accounts with Barclays Show that Belfast stands for justice, not complicity.

This year - 2024 - marked 26 years since the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement - which ended the conflict in Northern Ireland which took over 3720 lives, and injured 47,541 people.  Most of the deaths were of civilian people. Despite people here voting overwhelmingly for peace, illegal loyalist paramilitary groups remain present and active in many communities, causing misery and harm to people and preying on those impacted by economic hardship. It is widely acknowledged that elements of loyalist paramilitaries were involved in the racist riots that swept Belfast in August this year. This can no longer stand. We call on the NI Executive to do all in it's power to ensure that the commitment set out in New Decade, New Approach to ending the harm done by paramilitarism is acted on with urgency.  We reject the suggestion made by Gordon Lyons that those seeking to call the DUP to account for their meetings with the Loyalist Communities Council are displaying 'faux outrage'.  We are not the problem.  Seeking to normalise paramilitary groups having influence over our elected politicians is.

 To ensure Victims and survivors of sexual trauma are protected during the Court process, also to dispell prevelant rape myths throughout our society that good character means someone is not capable of rape, or that they should be treated with leniency.