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New Banksy on Royal Courts of Justice shows judge beating protestor

Rob Beschizza
Sep 08, 2025
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A new Banksy showed up this morning, depicting a bewigged High Court judge hammering a bloodied protestor with his gavel. The location? London's Royal Courts of Justice. The work appears right beneath a CCTV camera.

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The context: soaring "terrorism" prosecutions of mostly-older Britons attending protests against Israel's war in Gaza (specific…

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