Palestine Action Activists Could Face UK ‘Terror’ Sentences: What We Know

Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Is Direct Action Terrorism? Direct Action vs Complicity in Genocide …

In May 2026, 4 British people – Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio and Fatema Zainab Rajwani – faced a retrial over a direct action against Elbit…

UK lawyers slam plan to jail Palestine activists as ’terrorists’

Top UK lawyers, along with hundreds of health workers, are calling for Woolwich Crown Court not to sentence four Palestine Action activists as terrorists ahead of their sentencing on Friday. Over 50 lawyers and legal professionals, including Michael Mansfield KC and Liz Davies KC, signed an open letter on Wednesday denouncing the judge's plans to sentence the activists, despite the jury not convicting them of a terrorism offence. "It's unusual f…

Palestine Action activists could face UK ‘terror’ sentences: What we know

Four members of the Palestine Action group could be sentenced as ‘terrorists’ over Elbit factory raid in 2024.

Celebrities Urge Judge to Halt ‘Cruel’ Terror Sentences for Palestine Action Activists

Celebrities including Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg and Steve Coogan have joined more than 100 public figures in signing an open letter against unjust terror sentences for Palestine Action activists.  Protesters Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Zainab Rajwani broke into an arms factory owned by Israel’s Elbit Systems in Filton, near Bristol, in 2024 and damaged equipment.   A previous trial ended with the jury finding six de…

UK judges have power to sentence protesters as terrorists without them being convicted of terror offences

Today, four Palestinian Action activists may become the first protesters in Britain to be sentenced as terrorists without being convicted of terror offences. Last month, the four, Lottie Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie Kamio and Fatema Rajwani, were found guilty of criminal damage at a site belonging to the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. They were […]

Palestine Action Members Face Terrorism Charges for Elbit Factory Raid

Four Palestine Action members face terrorism sentencing for raid on Elbit factory, sparking debate on activism, protest boundaries, and rights of dissent.