Campaign launched in UK to stop paying tax over genocide complicity

A new campaign has been launched in the UK for people and businesses to stop paying tax, as it accuses the country of complicity in the alleged genocide in Gaza.

Activists for the "No Tax for Genocide" campaign argue that under both international and domestic law, British citizens risk complicity in genocide with their tax money and have a legal right not to pay while the government provides support for Israel.

Ashish Prashar, co-founder and spokesperson for the campaign, which launched on Thursday, told Middle East Eye that there were a number of legal obligations, including the 1945 UN Charter, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and Terrorism Act 2000, which provided a legal basis for "tax resistance".

"Right now you're committing a crime as an individual when you pay your tax," he said.

"You're aiding and abetting a genocide."

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