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   From: d@ray   
      
   Leeds, United Kingdom – The British nationalist organization Patriotic   
   Alternative (PA) marched to demand the release of political prisoner Sam   
   Melia on Saturday. The protest would be their largest demonstration to date   
   and comes amid a surge of UK “thought-crime” convictions, which have since   
   gained international attention.   
      
   The march—which included PA leaders Mark Collett and Laura Towler—was   
   conducted in Leeds city centre, drawing dozens of attendees from across the   
   UK. The demonstration eventually made its way to Leeds Civic Hall in   
   Millennium Square, where the group distributed leaflets and gave speeches   
   in front of a busy crowd.   
      
   “Yesterday, Patriotic Alternative held our largest flash demo to date,”   
   read a statement on PA’s official Telegram page. “Attention was drawn to   
   the draconian laws that the anti-White state uses to unfairly target   
   patriotic people.”   
      
   “This is just the beginning. We will continue campaigning for a stop to the   
   political persecution of nationalists,” it continued.   
      
   Carrying signs that read “free speech is a human right,” “free Sam   
   Melia,”   
   and, “say no to thought crime,” demonstrators sought to raise further   
   awareness of nationalists who have been jailed in the UK over their   
   pro-White political advocacy. The heavy-handed acts of government to   
   supress right-wing dissent have so far resulted in the convictions of   
   several high-profile activists, including podcaster James Allchurch a.k.a   
   Sven Longshanks, British nationalist James Costello, and of course, Sam   
   Melia, husband of PA’s deputy chief Laura Towler.   
      
   In January, Melia was convicted under a tyrannical set of UK hate crime   
   laws, after prosecutors said he attempted to “stir up racial hatred” for   
   producing a series of lawful and truthful stickers that contained messages   
   critical of mass immigration into Europe.   
      
   Some of the stickers read, “They have to go back,” “There is a war on   
   whites,” and “They seek conquest, not asylum.” In March, Judge Tom   
   Bayliss   
   KC sentenced Melia to two years in prison for the victimless crime,   
   ensuring he will miss the birth of his second child.   
      
   His plight has since garnered the attention of more mainstream and less   
   radical news outlets, including sympathetic coverage on Infowars, and   
   Spiked-online, among others. PA leader Mark Collett called Melia’s ordeal a   
   “draconian show trial,” and pointed to Judge Bayliss’s documented history   
   of sparing far worse offenders—including some pedophiles—from prison   
   altogether.   
      
   “The truth is no defense. When you say that phrase to people, it conjures   
   up thoughts of the Soviet Union, draconian show trials, or authoritarian   
   regimes in the Far East,” said Collett on a megaphone on Saturday. “But   
   ‘the truth is no defense’ were the words used by Judge Tom Bayliss in the   
   case of Samuel Melia.”   
      
   “Bayliss said to the jury that the truth was irrelevant because, in the   
   case of Sam Melia, it could not constitute a defense,” he continued. “The   
   messages of the stickers and leaflets produced by Sam Melia were completely   
   lawful. (He) is now serving a two-year prison sentence in HMP Leeds for   
   producing material that is both lawful and actionable under a law where the   
   truth does not matter.”   
      
   Judge Bayliss, who claims he had sent Melia to prison in order to deter   
   others from “stirring up racial hatred,” drew ire from many in the   
   nationalist community, notably for his unwillingness to jail pedophiles and   
   other more serious criminals. In March of 2022, Bayliss issued a “community   
   order” to Dane Leach, a man convicted for possessing over 400 images of   
   child sex abuse material (CSAM). It would be the second time Leach was   
   convicted for the exact same crime.   
      
   In August of 2023, Bayliss offered similar mercies to a teenager convicted   
   of selling a CSAM video of his then-girlfriend to pedophiles online for a   
   total of £660. According to reports, the unidentified man was also said to   
   have dozens of CSAM files on a number of devices, with some of the victims   
   being only seven to nine years old. For the crime, Bayliss ordered him to   
   undergo a sex offender program and a suspended sentence.   
      
   Meanwhile, Melia’s two-year prison sentence was interpreted by many as a   
   tyrannical gesture by the UK government, which has recently hammered groups   
   like PA for their continued advocacy of native Britons and their collective   
   interests.   
      
   Earlier in the month, MP Michael Gove specifically named PA as an example   
   of a group deemed worthy of government repression in the wake of a new   
   “extremism definition” set in place by ministers. The law would   
   specifically bar certain political groups from accessing government funds   
   and meeting certain officials.   
      
   “Why is (Sam Melia) in jail? Effectively, in short, for thought crimes,”   
   said Collett. The judge, the jury, and the court system are now asked to   
   preside over a case not that lies on evidence or truth or actionable law   
   but one that is judged on the intent and thoughts of a man who produced   
   lawful material.”   
      
   “This is what you would expect from a communist nation, not a Britain of   
   2024,” he continued.   
      
   In February, PA was attacked for its charitable efforts when the UK’s top   
   diversity czars deemed its “Operation White Christmas” toy drive a   
   discriminatory practice. In a legal notice sent by the UK’s Equality and   
   Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the government appeared to threaten legal   
   action if PA continued to host the toy drive, which specifically helped   
   poor White families and children in need.   
      
   “I have previously said this is one of the greatest injustices of our time,   
   and I stand by that,” said Collett of Melia. “Anyone who now expresses an   
   opinion that goes against the official state narrative could wind up in   
   jail when they espouse ‘heretical’ opinions.”   
      
   “This is multicultural tyranny. This is enacted by an anti-White state, a   
   state that is tyrannical, and a state that is losing its grip on power,” he   
   continued.   
      
   Despite the harsh sentence, Melia’s actions and views appear to resonate   
   with a large percentage of his fellow countrymen. According to the   
   White-Papers Policy Institute, 32% of Britons know about the “Great   
   Replacement,” while 68.5% view demographic change as a net negative for the   
   UK. In just 30 years, Britans non-White population has grown by a whopping   
   168%, despite a Conservative government remaining in power for some time.   
      
   White-Papers goes on to insist that unless drastic policy measures are   
   taken, including the repatriation of immigrants to their home countries,   
      
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