Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, Steve Coogan, and Lord John Hendy KC are among around 100 public figures warning of a miscarriage of justice if four human rights defenders receive unprecedented terrorism sentences for taking action against an Israeli arms manufacturer.
In an open letter (published below) signatories urged Judge Jeremy Johnson to drop use of a ‘terrorism connection’ in Friday’s sentencing of Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Zainab Rajwani – part of a group of activists known as the Filton 25.
“To bypass the jury and sentence a group of protesters as terrorists would constitute an extremely grave miscarriage of justice, with consequences far beyond this case alone.”
said around 100 public figures, including actors Zoë Wanamaker, Miriam Margolyes, and Zawe Ashton, Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, Labour MP John McDonnell, and musicians Charlotte Church and Kate Nash.
Read the full open letter here: https://artistsforpalestine.org.uk/public-figures-warn-against-unjust-terror-sentences-for-israeli-arms-site-action/
Defend Our Juries brought the Recusal Case Against Judge Johnson to Court
In addition to the above Defend Our Juries managed to get 5166 Signatories to sign a letter of complaint against Judge Johnson’s pro-genocide bias in the first Filton trials and take it to court. Judge Johnson refused to recuse himself.
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