More than 100 public figures warn UK court over ‘terrorism’ sentencing in Israeli arms factory protest case

More than 100 public figures have warned that four human rights defenders face a “grave miscarriage of justice” if terrorism-related sentencing provisions are applied in a case involving an action at an Israeli arms manufacturer, Anadolu Agency reports. In an open letter published Tuesday by Artists for Palestine UK, signatories including writers, actors, academics, politicians and musicians urged the judge overseeing the case, Jeremy Johnson, to drop what they called a “terrorism connection” in the sentencing of Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio and Fatema Zainab Rajwani, known as part of the Filton 25. The four activists were found guilty by a jury of criminal damage over a 2024 action at an Elbit Systems UK factory near Bristol. However, the jury […]