Stand in solidarity with Misan Harriman

We, the undersigned, come together in solidarity with Misan Harriman, photographer, filmmaker, and advocate. We are deeply concerned about the dishonest smear campaign orchestrated by the Telegraph and the Mail.

Misan is an outspoken social activist and cultural commentator who uses his platform to fight for equality, diversity and inclusion. He is a mental health campaigner, an ambassador for Save the Children and a nominee for Amnesty UK’s People’s Human Rights Champion.

He is an equal-opportunity advocate for marginalised communities around the world who uses his platform to amplify the voices and humanity of people from different faiths, races, genders, and sexualities.

From his work with the Black Lives Matter movement to women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights, and solidarity campaigns for Sudan, Congo and Gaza, Misan is a human rights defender who believes that building community is the greatest fight against injustice.

The purpose of the smear campaign, which we repeat is entirely without foundation in fact, is to traduce and marginalise Misan. And it is intended to send a message to others that if they speak out, they will be subject to harassment and threats.

We believe that safeguarding freedom of expression is essential to a healthy democracy. And that trying to silence responsible critics of Israel by smearing them as antisemitic does not protect Britain’s Jewish community.

We stand against all forms of hate speech, violence and discrimination.

We stand for truth and justice.

We stand with Misan Harriman.

The Undersigned

Afua Hirsch –  Journalist
Ahdaf Soueif – Writer
Aimee Lou – Wood Actor
Akala – Writer/Musician
Akinola Davies Jr – Filmmaker
Alex Farrington –  Charity worker
Alexandra Pringle – Writer/publisher
Alia Alzougbi –  Artistic Director and CEO, Shubbak Festival
Alison B – Marketing manager
Alison Holder – Producer
Amar Chadha Patel –  Actor
Amber Anderson – Actress
Ambika Mod – Actor
Andrew Feinstein – Author and Activist
Anna Bromwich – Director of Programmes
Anna Nolan – Campaigner
Anne Robbins – Retired
Annemarie Jacir – Filmmaker
Annie Lennox – Singer, Songwriter and Activist
Anoushka Shankar – Musician
Anthony Anaxagorou – Poet and publisher
Antonia Lowe – Production Designer
Antony Loewenstein – Journalist and author of The Palestine Laboratory
Anya Reiss – Writer
Bella Freud – Fashion designer
Benedict Wong – Actor
Benjamin Moser – Writer
Bethan Williams – James Tech Consultant
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf – Publisher
Biddy Bunzl – Artist
Billy Bragg – Musician
Brian Cox – Actor
Brian Eno – Musician
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin – Writer
Caitríona Balfe – Actor
Callum Grieve – Co-founder
Caroline Issa – CEO
Caroline Nelson – Retired
Cat Villiers – Film Producer
Cath Mattos – Producer
Cathy Eastburn – Musician and sound therapist
Chris Fouracre – TV Executive
Chris Sullivan – Writer
Clarisse Loughrey – Journalist
Clive Oxford – Psychotherapist
Colin Salmon – Director/Actor
Colleen Joseph – Arts Professional
Constantine Weir – Artist
Corneilius Crowley – Musician, Survivor Advocate
Cristina Cannillo – Free Spirit
Cyprian Decoteau – Fashion Designer
Dame Tracey Emin – Artist
Daniel Trilling – Journalist and author
Danielle Bux – Actor
David Dorrell – Consultant
David Farr – Writer
David Gurman – Retired
David Gyasi – Actor/Producer
David Holmes – Music Producer
David Morrissey – Actor
Dawn O’Porter – Writer
David Oyelowo – Actor and Director
Declan – Artist
Denise Gough – Actress
Dr Claire Launchbury – Academic
Dr Madiha Elsawi – Consultant Paediatrician
Dr. Zena Agha – Writer
Dustin Lawrence – Brand consultant
Eddie Marsan – Actor
Emma Gyasi – Company Director & Fitness professional
Erfan Arab – Journalist
Eric Yu – Chairman of The Breakfast Group
Ernesto Leal – Music and Arts
Faiza Khan – Editor
Farah Nabulsi – Filmmaker
Fatima Bhutto – Writer
Fiona Lamptey – Producer
Frank Barat – Producer
Fuad Musa – Sales
Gary Lineker – Broadcaster
Gemma Guerrero – Therapist
Georgia Lowe – Stage Designer & co-founder of Gaza Formula Fund
Gerard Mcelhone – Company Director
Githa Hariharan – Writer
Gizzi Erskine – Chef and columnist
Greta Thunberg – Activist
Gulahun Rehman – Retired Charity Professional
Hanan Abdalla – Filmmaker
Hanna Flint – Critic and author
Hannah Khalil – Playwright
Hannah Walters – Actress/producer
Hannah Weller – Activist and campaigner
Harry Williams – Writer / Producer
Hazel Holder – Freelance Voice Coach
Heidi Kadlecova – Executive producer
Hossam Abdalla – Doctor
Howie B – Musician
Hozier – Musician
Hugh Bonneville – Actor
I. Wakulenko – Lecturer
Inua Ellams – Writer
India Amarteifio – Actor
Isabella Hammad – Writer
Isobel Balmer – PR
Jack Shenker – Writer
Jacqueline Rose – Professor of Humanities
Jamal Mahjoub – Writer
Jameela Jamil – Actor
James White – Artist
James Wilson – Film producer
Jamie Byng – Publisher
Jeanie Finlay – Filmmaker
Jeff Barrett – Running an independent record label
Jehan Bseiso – Writer
Jen Brister – Comedian
Jennie Matthias – Entertainer
Jenny – Researcher
Jenny Yang – Comedian, TV Writer, Actor
Jeremy Clancy – Comms
Jillian Edelstein – Photographer/documentary film maker
JJ Connolly – Writer
Jo Hagan – Architect
Joanna Carolan – Comedian
Joanna Law – Psychotherapist/Artist
Joe Alessi – Actor
John Tinline – Sound Engineer
Jolyon Maugham – Director, Good Law Project
Jolyon Rubinstein – Satarist
Josephine Fernandez Marelli – CEO Choose Love
Julia Jackman – Filmmaker
Juliet Stevenson – Actor
Justin Turford – Journalist
Kamila Shamsie – Writer
Karone Pack-lum – Jewellery Designer
Kate Mcgrath – Arts Producer
Kenny Mcdonald – Creative Director
Kevin Rowland – Recording artist
Khalid Abdalla – Actor
Kim Paterson – Accountant
Kirkland Newman Smulders – Journalist
Krish Majumdar – Producer
Kristen Hope – PhD Candidate, University of Bath
Laura Whitmore – Broadcaster
Lawrence Watson – Photo printer
Leena Farouk – Project manager
Lehni Lamide Davies – Lecturer &Arts Producer
Léopold Lambert – Editor of The Funambulist
Liam Cunningham – Actor
Livia Giuggioli – Activist and farmer
Liz Taw – Celebrity hairstylist
Lorna Finlayson – Lecturer in Philosophy
Louis Theroux – Journalist
Lucy Pinder – Student
Lucy Siegle – Journalist
Luke Day – Editor
M Lynx Qualey – Publisher
Maaza Mengiste – Writer
Marcia Cross – Actress
Maria Kheirkhah – Lecturer
Mark Ruffalo – Actor and film producer
Mary Evers – Textile artist
Max Porter – Writer
Maxine Peake – Actor
Mehdi Hasan – Journalist
Melissa Barrera – Actor, Producer
Michel S. Moushabeck – Publisher
Mina Feizollahbeigi – Manager
Mirza Waheed – Novelist
Mo Hamzeh – SVP Account Director
Moazzam Malik – Chief Executive
Molly Crabapple – Artist and author
Mona Chalabi – Writer
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – Playwright and Screenwriter
Morgan Spector – Actor
Mr Amer Chadha Patel – Actor
Myanna Buring – Actor
Myia Hancox – HR Manager
Nana Mensah – Actor/Writer/Director
Nancy Strang – TV Director
Natasha Walter – Author, campaigner, charity founder
Nicola Coughlan – Actor
Nicole Ansari Cox – Actor
Nikesh Shukla – Writer
Nikita Gill – Writer
Nish Kumar – Comedian and TV Host
Obioma Ugoala – Actor, Author
Omar Robert Hamilton – Writer & Festival Director
Oscar Guardiola-rivera – Writer, Professor of Human Rights & Philosophy
Paloma Faith – Performance artist
Pankaj Mishra – Writer
Parinaz Mogadassi – Curator
Parker Bilal – Writer
Paul Weller – Musician
Pearl Mackie – Actor
Penny Woolcock – Filmmaker and teacher
Peter Doig – Painter
Peter Perrett – Singer/songwriter
Raakhi Shah – Chief Executive
Rakie Ayola – Actress
Raphael Cormack – University Lecturer
Raymond Geuss – Retired univesity lecturer
Rebecca Hall – Actor/director
Rhiannon Parry – Artist
Riz Ahmed – Actor and Musician
Rob Dyton – TV Director
Robert Diament – Talk Art podcast / Carl Freedman Gallery
Robert Gillespie – Musician
Roisin El Cherif – Artist
Ronan Bennett – Novelist/screenwriter/producer
Rosa Hesmondhalgh – Actor
Rosaline Elbay – Actor and producer
Roula Carroll Project – Manager
Rupert Thomson – Writer
Samia Tossio – Community Arts Practitioner
Samuel Fisher – Writer/bookseller/publisher
Samuel Nunes De Souza – Actor
Sangita Myska – Broadcaster
Sara Yasin – Editor
Sarah Shalan – Counselling Psychologist
Sean O’Hagan – Writer
Selma Dabbagh – Writer and lawyer
Seraphina Gregory – Artist
Shaheen Baig – Casting Director
Sheila Andon – Teacher
Shirley Manson – Musician
Sir Jonathan Pryce – Actor
Sophie Monks Kaufman – Film journalist
Stephen Graham – Actor/Creator
Steve Brown – Support Worker
Stuart O’Dell – Sales Manager
Sule Rimi – Actor
Susan Sarandon – Actor
Susannah Clapp – Writer
Suzanne Alleyne – Cultural Thinker
Swee Ang – Medical Doctor
Tam Dean Burn – Actor
Tamara Orlova – Producer
Tareq Baconi – Writer
Tatiana Maslany – Actor
Teleica Kirkland – Lecturer
Thierry Alexandre – Artist
Thusitha Jayasundera – Actor
Tim Wilkinson – Architect
Tina Grace – Arts producer
Tom Mccarthy – Novelist
Tom O’Brien – Theatre Director
Tracey Seaward – Producer
Varada Sethu – Actor
Victoria Adukwei Bulley – Writer
Victoria Brittain – Journalist and author
William Dalrymple – Historian
Xandra Bingley – Author
Yorgos Lanthimos – Filmmaker
Zawe Ashton – Actor
Zina Sackur – Lecturer