A retrial of Palestine Action activists (acquitted of burglery charges in Feb) is on bogus "terrorism” charges.
"This is what a stitch-up looks like," says UK MP Zarah Sultana.
She "invoked parliamentary privilege to reveal [what] the British public was officially forbidden from knowing."
Reportedly, the jury will not be told that "if convicted, they & 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists."
See UK Hansard 14 Apr and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QIM
I'd have to guess you know the UK left the quaint notions of justice & human rights behind after 9/11.
They mimicked US "terrorism" laws... on imperial instruction.
Remember Blair and Iraq?
"Terrorism" now applies to, eg, peaceful protests for climate, animal rights, eg, filming animal cruelty, and so forth. It's totally chilling.
The rationale: even peaceful protest can interfere with corporations' right to maximise profit.
December 15, 2011, Boston – Today, animal rights activists who allege their freedom of speech has been violated by the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) filed a lawsuit asking the court to strike down the statute as unconstitutional.
@heinragas I believe they're being tried on different charges. I think in the original trial there were also charges on which the jury was unable to reach a verdict, which are also applicable for retrial
Yes, terrorism charges.
I think I read that, at the time of the break-in, the desired laws weren't yet in place. Don't quote me.
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