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UK ‘terror’ sentences: What we know Four activists from the [Palestine Action](/news/2025/6/25/what-is-the-palestine-action-group-and-why-is-the-uk-banning-it) group face sentencing in the United Kingdom as “terrorists” on Friday, despite only being convicted by a jury of other criminal charges
terrorist acts and two charges of possession of a bladed article. He told jurors on Tuesday that he was born into the stateless Arabian Bedoon tribe, on the border between Iraq and Kuwait
terrorist organisation” in July 2025. That designation – which placed Palestine Action in the same category as Hezbollah and al-Qaeda – makes it illegal to be a member of or express support for the group, offences
terrorist acts and possession of two knives. The 34-year-old, who denies the charges, was arrested outside the Israeli embassy on 28 April last year by two armed diplomatic protection officers who had seen
activists are also charged with “using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organisations”. In the past, some German courts have ruled that the phrase “From the River to the Sea – Palestine will be free” constitutes
activist Four senior lawyers, including the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, have written to [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) urging him to request that Indian prosecutors drop charges against the British national Jagtar Singh Johal
terrorist Essa Suleiman has been charged with attempted murder in relation to the stabbings. Polanski – who is Jewish – was accused of undermining police confidence by the Metropolitan police chief, Mark Rowley, after he shared
activists who smashed up drones and other equipment at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK factory will be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Johnson made the ruling at a sentencing hearing
activists [convicted after a retrial](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/05/four-palestine-action-activists-convicted-of-criminal-damage) over a violent protest at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK site face being sentenced as terrorists despite the jury not being told this. In an unprecedented
UK site near Bristol. It can now be reported that defence lawyers sought to halt the proceedings for alleged abuse of process, claiming Cooper’s column for the Observer was “an egregious example of contemptuous
activists have said they were admitted to hospital after being beaten by Israeli forces who [intercepted their Gaza aid flotilla last week](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/israel-intercepts-detains-crews-gaza-aid-flotillas-crete). Alice Chapman and Zak Khan were among 180 members
UK has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires as international outrage escalates over a video posted by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen [taunting activists detained after a Gaza
UK government settled the case. ## Algeria: France turns torture into doctrine If Britain built the architecture, France wrote the doctrine. During the Algerian war, the French army raped Algerian women in detention and in their