Pro-Palestinian campaigners have staged a protest outside the Wimbledon tennis championships over Barclays’ sponsorship, accusing the bank of complicity in alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Around two dozen demonstrators from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) gathered outside the main gates of the All England Club on Monday (June 30) morning, just yards away from Centre Court.
They chanted: “Barclays bank, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” and held banners criticising the bank’s alleged investments in defence companies linked to the Israeli military.
Today PSC, @WarOnWant and @CAATuk are at Wimbledon to call on them to drop Barclays Bank as a sponsor.
— Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@PSCupdates) June 30, 2025
Barclays provides billions in investments and loans to companies arming Israel and acts as a primary dealer of Israel’s government bonds which the Israeli state uses to… pic.twitter.com/jjSKDmFNyl
Damian McCarthy, 53, a lawyer and organiser with the PSC, told the PA news agency: “I’m a local resident – and a lot of people in Wimbledon think the genocide in Gaza is appalling.
“We want to raise awareness. Barclays’ investment in genocide is wrong.
“It’s not about Wimbledon, it’s not about tennis, it’s about the investment in genocide, and we’ve got to stop it.”
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An artist taking part in the protest unveiled an installation in memory of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl killed in Gaza in January 2024 after her family’s car was hit by an Israeli tank shell.
Barclays has been contacted for comment.
Monday (June 30) marked the start of Wimbledon 2025, with the event set to run up until Sunday (July 13).
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