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[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

Setting fire to houses with families inside them: legitimate concerns

Criminal damage to an arms company supplying a genocide: terrorism

[The National @ScotNational]

An Israeli firm meddled in Scotland’s elections, targeting the SNP and John Swinney specifically, according to a report from the French government

Here's everything the French government report says on the Israeli firm's meddling in the election 👇 https://t.co/kqOZG8FuSP

[🇯🇲𝕋𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕒 𝔻𝕒 𝕌𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖🫡 @ICtrlUMankylol]

So just to get my head straight and so I’m clear: the first pic is an act of terrorism and the second is an act of protest…… Have I got that correct??🤸🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♀️

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

Scale of sentences on the 4 young people who took direct action against the arms supplier to Israel is truly shocking. To impose years of imprisonment for protesting to save lives in Gaza is unjust, especially sentencing on terrorist grounds they were never convicted of by a jury

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 AFRICA DELIVERS THE TALENT, THE WEST DELIVERS THE BARRIERS.

🇸🇳 ​Senegalese authorities have officially confirmed to AFP that ZERO official supporter delegations will travel to the 2026 World Cup due to widespread, blanket visa rejections by the host nations.

​Let the absolute absurdity of this sink in: Senegal’s Ministry of Sports stepped in with full state financial coverage just to secure visas for the presidents of the main supporters' associations. THEY WERE DENIED.

​This is the true face of the Western "rules-based order":

• ​They happily market African football stars to sell tickets, merchandise, and TV rights.

• ​They lecture the Global South on "unity," "fair play," and global cooperation.

• ​Yet, they slam the visa door firmly shut on the very people whose passion and energy make the beautiful game electric.

​They want our talent, but they build walls against our people. The sportswashing project cannot hide this blatant hypocrisy. The world is changing, and the Global South will no longer beg for entry into an empire that treats our citizens with systemic contempt.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Multi-millionaire Iceland boss wants to axe pension triple lock.

Full UK state pension (received by 35% of pensioners) is less than 50% of minimum wage.

Millions can't save for private pension

2m pensioners live in poverty. 110000 a year die in poverty.
https://t.co/r2o37mdzUI

[patrick holleran @pat11060]

The Filton 4 ruling signals a direct breach of core principles of UK justice

juries decide facts, judges sentence only on what juries actually convicted.

This judgment breaks that line and that’s why so many lawyers are calling it a constitutional threat.

What this moment means for justice in the UK
Across every major legal source reporting today, the same pattern emerges this is unprecedented, constitutionally dangerous, and signals a shift toward an authoritarian model of criminal justice.

A judge has overridden the jury the foundation of British justice

Multiple reports confirm that two juries refused to convict the activists of any terrorism related or violent offences, yet Justice Jeremy Johnson has ruled they will be sentenced as terrorists anyway.

This is exactly what senior lawyers describe as “recategorising the offence without a trial” a direct violation of the principle that you cannot be punished for an offence you were never charged with and never convicted of.
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No time to waste independence now

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Front page of The Times: Andy Burnham’s first big announcement about his approach to leading the country is that he would be willing to cut benefits to fund the defence budget, with the usual ‘rights and responsibilities’ fluff about more work opportunities. This terrifies me.

[courtneybonneauimages @cbonneauimages]

Report from Zefta

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Londoners are rightfully concerned that an event promoting land confiscation & destruction of homes is due to take place - so I put this question directly to the Mayor today. 

I welcome his strong condemnation. But condemnation is not enough, this event must be cancelled.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Today four activists face terror-related sentences for taking direct action against an Elbit Systems weapons factory in Filton, Bristol - a factory that makes drones sent to the genocidal apartheid state of Israel to kill Palestinians in Gaza.

Back in April, I warned in Parliament that jurors would not be told terrorism sentences could follow a criminal damage conviction.

No terrorism charges were ever brought. The proscription against Palestine Action has since been ruled unlawful. The defendants were even prevented from telling the jury they acted to stop genocide.

This is a Labour government defending Israeli death factories and stripping away all of our fundamental rights.

Everyone who cares about our democracy should be outraged.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

You can vehemently disagree with Palestine Action activists goals, whilst simultaneously be horrified a judge can decide AFTER a conviction if it was terrorism related amd double a sentence.

Being able to class an offense as terrorism AFTER conviction without charging them with terrorism should bother everyone.

Any protest action that is now determined as trying to "change government policy" can have this applied.

So today it's Palestine Action, but next it'll be immigration protests, farmers protests, NHS, tax etc etc.

[Wokerati Marty @WokeratiMarty]

Here’s injustice Jeremy Johnson handing down the sentences at today’s disgusting stitched up Palestine Action trial.

Any faith I ever had in the fairness of the British justice system is completely is dead.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Daily Mail posts lies about the Greens that are spread far and wide. I wish half the number of people saw their apologies.

Solidarity with Kamel.

[Kathleen Tyson @Kathleen_Tyson_]

@AmnestyUK @CAGEintl

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists

Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case.

It is completely disproportionate to punish protesters for criminal damage as if they were terrorists, a sentence which stays with you for life.

The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them.

Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future.

The use of terrorism laws against direct action protesters must end.

Together we must continue calling out the abuse of power and fighting for our right to protest.

Read our position:

Criminal Damage, Direct Action, Terrorism: Misuse of counter-terrorism powers in the UK: https://t.co/TqQ4cHnoeb

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Off to Southport to do my family show at the Atkinson Theatre. See you soon
@AtkinsonThe !

[Occupy London @OccupyLondon]

Fascism is here
#FreeTheFilton4

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

All pretence cast aside. A vicious attack on the Anti-Zionist movement by the British state acting for the Zionist regime in defence of genocide.

Shameful.
#FreeTheFilton4

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

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