A new hearing of Palestine Action activists (acquitted of burglery charges in Feb) is on bogus "terrorism” charges.
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@DrALJONES @krans @heinragas
AIUI they are *not* formally being charged with terrorism charges, *but* the judge has been given discretion to sentence them as terrorist-related offenses if found guilty, with long prison terms. This is a new power granted to judges. The jury is not being told this, nor will they hear the defendants' defence. And no doubt the unedited evidence, which appears to paint a different picture of events, will be withheld, again. There's something very rotten here.Much appreciated, Chris. Do you happen to have a source I can use?
@krans @heinragas @strangetown .
"AIUI they are *not* formally being charged with terrorism charges, *but* the judge has been given discretion to sentence them as terrorist-related offenses if found guilty..
"This is a new power granted to judges. The jury is not being told this, nor will they hear the defendants' defence. And no doubt the unedited evidence..will be withheld again. There's something very rotten here.
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@roger_w_ You seem to have quite thoroughly demonstrated that you have absolutely no idea what you're commenting on here.
The story is not about Hamas or the PLO. In fact, it's not about middle-east politics at all - it's about UK politics, and the right to protest.
@PoliceStateUK ah well, we all have a right to protest, and still have mostly free speech, what we don't have is the right to impose our views on other people and infringe on their rights in the execution of a protest - and that goes for you too.
You have every right to express your view, I just don't happen to agree with it.
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There were several original charges. The first trial was for burglary. This one's for criminal damage. The dodgy bit is keeping the terrorism aspect secret. So the jury won't know the defendants can be sentenced as "terrorists" and the UK press is banned from publishing that fact.
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