Anti-genocide activists will hold a mass mobilisation next week in support of Palestine Action ‘Filton 25’ activists who received terrorism sentences despite not being charged with, or convicted of, any terror offences.
The sentencing formed a key part of the Starmer-now-Burnham regime’s war on anti-genocide speech and protest and was condemned by legal experts, human rights groups and the United Nations human rights experts. It was imposed by a judge who banned defence lawyers and the media from mentioning that terror sentencing was planned for what were criminal damage charges – when the jury in a later trial asked if terror sentencing was intended, he told them it was ‘not their business’.
Mobilisation
The imprisoned activists’ appeal takes place on 24 and 25 November at the Royal Courts of Justice. The mobilisation will be from 10am to 5pm each day. In a statement, prisoners’ support group DA3M said:
The time has come to fight the huge injustice that shook the movement earlier this year when four of the Filton25 defendants were sentenced as terrorists despite only being convicted of criminal damage.
After destroying IOF weapons destined to be used on Gazans, the four activists have been imprisoned and legally registered as terrorists for the rest of their lives.
The trial was a stitch-up to justify the ban on Palestine Action. But we will not rest until Lottie, Sam, Ellie and Fatema Zainab are free.
Bring banners, flags, and noise. Direct action saves lives. Free the Filton25.
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