# The Western Cape High Court has barred the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other protesters from making certain claims linking Cape Union Mart and its executive chairperson, Philip Krawitz, to genocide in Gaza. This follows a legal battle over protests and boycott campaigns outside stores. The retailer and Krawitz argued accusations that they were funding genocide and involved in the killing of children were defamatory. The protesters maintained their statements were political expression protected by the Constitution. The court’s ruling balances that right against protection from defamatory statements.
Cape Union Mart wins court order over protest claims