Palestine Action activists jailed over factory raid
Four activists face potential terrorism sentencing enhancements despite jury convicting them only of criminal damage in the August 2024 Elbit Systems factory raid.
- Seventy-Two protesters were arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court on suspicion of supporting the proscribed terror group Palestine Action during a demonstration in support of four jailed activists.
- The four activists—Samuel Corner, Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani—were convicted of criminal damage after raiding an Elbit Systems site in Bristol, causing around £1 million in damage.
- Palestine Action was proscribed as a terror organization in July 2023, making it illegal to support or affiliate with the group; enforcing this law is mandatory despite criticism from civil liberties groups about the use of terrorism legislation.
- Amnesty International UK warned that treating criminal damage as terrorism at protests threatens fundamental rights and sets a dangerous precedent for future activism.
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UK Palestine Action Activists Hit With ‘Completely Disproportionate’ Terrorism Sentences for Israeli Weapons Sabotage
In a ruling that Amnesty International described as "completely disproportionate," four demonstrators with the outlawed group Palestine Action were sentenced as terrorists in the UK on Friday for causing damage at an Israeli weapons factory in 2024 to protest the genocide in Gaza.
In the United Kingdom, four pro-Palestinian activists have been sentenced to prison for a break-in at an Israeli company. During the incident, they destroyed equipment, causing approximately £1 million (€1.2 million) in damage. The prison sentences range from four years and eight months to seven years and eight months.
London judge sentences Palestine Action activists for raid at Elbit factory
Justice Jeremy Johnson ruled that the crime went beyond the criminal damage convictions of the four because they aimed to stop the defense company from operating or force the British government to stop its production, which he said gave the crime a 'terrorist connection'
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London judge sentences Palestine Action activists for raid at Israeli defense factory
A London judge has sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison for what he called an “act of terrorism.”
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