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NHS doctor who ‘celebrated Hamas Oct 7 attack’ is arrested
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan faces investigation over social media posts supporting Hamas and calls for Israel's eradication, with charges including stirring up racial hatred and misuse of communications.
- On Tuesday, Metropolitan Police arrested Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, NHS junior doctor, at an address in South Gloucestershire on suspicion of misusing a public communications network and stirring up racial hatred.
- Authorities cite a July 21 rally speech and October 7 social media posts as the basis for the investigation, alleging support for Hamas and calls for Israel's eradication.
- A video of the arrest shows officers from London taking the doctor into custody, interviewing her, and releasing her on bail; the footage was widely shared on social media.
- A fitness-to-practise hearing is due on Thursday, with her legal team saying the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service found no patient-safety risk and called the case ministerial overreach.
- The case arrives amid a Gaza conflict that has killed over 68,000 Palestinians, with Aladwan calling her arrest `political theatre` and alleging punitive treatment.
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Palestinian NHS doctor says her arrest is ‘political theatre’
A British-Palestinian doctor working for the NHS who was arrested from her family home in the UK county of Gloucestershire on Tuesday on suspicion of inciting "racial hatred" has said that her arrest was "punitive" and "political theatre". The doctor, Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, who was also charged with sending malicious messages and misusing a public communications network, is also set to attend a hearing on whether she is fit to practice in the next …
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