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‘It's a complete assault on free speech': how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists
‘It's a complete assault on free speech': how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists

The Guardian

time8 hours ago

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  • The Guardian

‘It's a complete assault on free speech': how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists

If this interview had taken place in a week's time, Huda Ammori might have been arrested. If this interview had been published in a week's time, the Guardian might also have been breaking the law. Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, said she was finding it 'very hard to absorb the reality of what's happening here'. She said: 'I don't have a single conviction but if this goes through I would have co-founded what will be a terrorist organisation.' By 'this' she means the UK government's hugely controversial proposal to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, placing it alongside the likes of Islamic State and National Action – the first time a direct action group would be classified in this way. If the group is proscribed next week, as is expected, being a member of or inviting support for Palestine Action will carry a maximum penalty of 14 years. Wearing clothing or publishing a logo that arouses reasonable suspicion that someone supports Palestine Action will carry a sentence of up to six months. As far as the government is concerned – and campaign groups that have been lobbying ministers – Palestine Action deserves it. This week Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, decried its 'long history of unacceptable criminal damage' and claimed: 'Its methods have become more aggressive, with its members demonstrating a willingness to use violence.' Beyond the claim and counter-claim, the debate over the decision to ban Palestine Action is as much about free speech and the use of counter-terrorism laws to stop protests. If Ammori is concerned for herself, she does not show it. In an exclusive interview, she said: 'Obviously people in Palestine Action understand the severity of what's happening and there's a sense of frustration, but there's also a lot of unity in terms of wanting to fight this and not crumble to pressure. 'I think they're completely shooting themselves in the foot if they do this – they are completely delegitimising their own laws, which I think are already quite illegitimate, but in the sense that there have been thousands of people who've come out on the streets, so many people on social media, people in the media etc who've come out in support. I can't think of any precedent for that, where a group is facing proscription and there's an outpouring of support from the general public. I think that says enough about whether or not we should be labelled terrorists.' Cooper announced the proscription plan on Monday, three days after Palestine Action broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed paint into the jet engines of two military aircraft that it claimed were helping to refuel US and Israeli fighter jets. It was a deeply embarrassing security breach at a time when the government is trying to bolster its defence credentials. It was a far cry from when Palestine Action started out in 2020. Ammori said they had so little funds that they would go to actions carrying supplies in plastic carrier bags and make stencils out of cardboard. The 31-year-old said her activism was piqued by volunteering with refugees in Greece while she was at university. Many of them were from Palestine and Iraq, where her father and mother respectively are originally from, and she realised 'you have to tackle the root cause of these issues'. She later worked for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on boycott and divestment campaigns and lobbying MPs, but she left after two years after feeling as if 'you're constantly banging your head against a brick wall, you're constantly trying to reason with people, with the facts, and what you get back is nothing and the complicity continues'. Ammori then joined up with others who had carried out direct actions (as she had done in 2017) against the Israeli arms manufacturer subsidiary Elbit Systems UK, to form Palestine Action 'with the aim of ending British complicity with the colonisation of Palestine'. She estimates the group has carried out hundreds of actions, occupying buildings, spraying red paint and destroying equipment, taking video footage to share on social media, going from 'strength to strength'. As its activities have increased since Israel began its assault on Gaza after the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas, so has pressure on the government to clamp down on the group, even though its activists are already routinely arrested and charged under existing laws for offences such as criminal damage, violent disorder and burglary. Cooper said they had caused millions of pounds of damage during a 'nationwide campaign of direct criminal action against businesses and institutions, including key national infrastructure and defence firms'. Ammori believes part of the reason for proscription is that Palestine Action activists have regularly been acquitted, and where convicted jail time has been rare, although she estimates that dozens have spent time in prison while awaiting trial. 'They've tried to do a few different things to try and deter us, from making it harder to rely on legal defences or increasing use of remand, or they raid you a lot more and then put more severe charges on you,' she said. 'It hasn't [deterred us] so now they're hugely overreaching because they don't like us or agree with our cause.' She cites activists previously cleared by courts for actions against UK military bases trying to stop war crimes in Iraq, East Timor and Yemen, 'but as soon as it's done for Palestine that's it, you're branded as a terrorist. It's terrifying for everyone that Britain thinks it's appropriate to call to label this a terrorist organisation. The counter-terrorism laws in Britain are so extreme – it's one of the only countries, the only country, where it's actually an offence to recklessly show support for a proscribed organisation. So it's a complete assault on free speech.' She also points out that none of the overseas chapters of Palestine Action – unaffiliated to but inspired by the UK group – have been banned as terrorists. Ammori believes the Conservatives would not have resorted to proscription, as they had ample opportunity to do so while in government, and it is only under Labour that activists have been arrested – but not charged so far – under the Terrorism Act, which allows for them to be held without a charging decision for 14 days. '[Ministers] have gone off the back of what pro-Israel lobby groups have said about us, from probably Elbit Systems and the Israeli government over the years as well, rather than do any factchecking,' she said. 'It's just completely rushed and done for political agenda, and without any consultation with us.' Freedom of information requests have shown that the UK government has separately met Elbit and Israeli embassy officials, although documents have been heavily redacted so that details are scarce. A 2022 briefing note for the then home secretary, Priti Patel, before a meeting with Elbit had a section titled 'Past lobbying' but all details had been redacted. When asked previously about the document, Elbit did not comment. It did not respond to a request to comment on the matters raised in this article. Elements of Cooper's ministerial statement mirrored claims made by We Believe in Israel in a report published this month calling for Palestine Action to be banned – namely references to activists targeting infrastructure supporting Ukraine, Nato and Jewish-owned businesses and universities. Ammori insisted Palestine Action targeted 'all companies who work with Elbit Systems, regardless of the owners identity.' The We Believe in Israel report also said the group had been investigated in 2022 for links to Hamas-aligned networks abroad, citing a 'classified Metropolitan police briefing', although no charges resulted. It did not say how or why it had seen the briefing, but it reinforced Ammori's fears about UK government and law enforcement being swayed by external forces. A week ago, We Believe in Israel tweeted: 'Behind Palestine Action's theatre of resistance stands a darker puppeteer: the [Iranian] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.' The only evidence it provided was that the IRGC's vocabulary 'echoes in Palestine Action's slogans'. Two days later, the Times was briefed by anonymous Home Office officials that they were investigating whether Palestine Action was funded by Iran, although Cooper did not mention this in her statement. Ammori rejected the allegation, insisting the group was funded by multiple individuals donating small amounts of cash. As proof, she pointed to a fundraiser for legal fees for the fight against proscription, which by Friday morning had raised more than £150,000, with an average donation of about £35. She said Palestine Action had shown people 'that you really have a lot of power and that you don't have to accept the fact that when our own government's breaking the law, when these factories are operating building weapons to kill people in Palestine, or weapons that they market as battle-tested on Palestinians and they are openly committing war crimes, that you actually have the power to stop that. 'I think that's something that's captured a lot of people's attention and hearts, and that's why we've gained so much support. People in these areas resonate more with the people on the roof than they do with the company building weapons to massacre people.' The Home Office was approached for comment.

Palestine Action rejects 'sham investigation' over claims it is funded by Iran
Palestine Action rejects 'sham investigation' over claims it is funded by Iran

The National

time4 days ago

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  • The National

Palestine Action rejects 'sham investigation' over claims it is funded by Iran

Palestine Action has rejected 'baseless claims' it is being funded by Iran and called an investigation by the UK Home Office a 'sham'. The group, which broke into RAF Brize Norton airbase last week and damaged two planes, could be designated as a terrorist organisation if MPs approve a UK government plan next week. The Home Office is said to be investigating the group's funding and potential links to Iran, according to unnamed sources, The Times reported. But the group, which was co-founded by activist Huda Ammori and former XR campaigner Richard Barnard, said they had not been contacted. 'The Home Office did not inform us of their sham investigation, neither did they consult us on proscription,' a spokesperson for Palestine Action told The National on Tuesday. 'It is baseless and utterly ridiculous to suggest we are receiving funding from Iran.' The spokesperson accused the Home Office of spreading rumours to gain support for its move to ban the group. 'This is a deliberate attempt by the Home Office to smear Palestine Action, in a bid to bolster their draconian move to ban a protest group.' Palestine Actions donations, they said, came from 'ordinary people' who support the movement. Among them is James 'Fergie' Chambers, an American communist and heir to a multi-billion-pound conglomerate, who said in a 2023 interview that he was paying Palestine Action's legal fees. The Home Office refused to comment on Tuesday, after Cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds said he could not rule out the possibility of a foreign power backing Palestine Action. 'It is extremely concerning they gained access to that base, and the Defence Secretary is doing an immediate review of how that happened,' he said in a BBC interview on Sunday. The campaign group engages in 'direct action' demonstrations that involve spray-painting the premises of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems and other companies they allege are linked to it. In recent months, Palestine Action prayed the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint because of its alleged links to Elbit, as well as US President Donald Trump's Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire. It faces hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees as many of its activists face trial for charges such as criminal damage, burglary, blackmail and encouraging criminal damage. But the move to designate the group as a terrorist organisation – though popular in government – has raised concerns that it could be a step too far. The group has faced challenges opening bank accounts in recent months, before the proposal to designate them was floated. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign – which is not connected to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign based in London – said it had agreed to give Palestinian Action access to its banking services a 'few months ago'. But the proposed proscription has caused the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign to think twice about the arrangement. 'We're reviewing that in a friendly way,' said Mick Napier, a spokesperson for the group. Hundreds of demonstrators in London supporting Palestine Action on Monday said they feared that the proposed designation was intended to diminish the wider mainstream support for Palestine. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which organises fortnightly marches in London and keeps a distance from Palestine Action, condemned the move as 'part of a wider crackdown on those protesting for Palestinian rights' that would 'only serve to degrade the meaning of terrorism'. If Parliament approves the order, Palestine Action will join the 81 organisations have been proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000, including Islamist groups such as Hamas and Al Qaeda, far-right groups such as National Action, Russian private military company the Wagner Group and Hizb ut-Tahrir.

The failure to crush other Left-wing extremists created Palestine Action
The failure to crush other Left-wing extremists created Palestine Action

Telegraph

time4 days ago

  • Politics
  • Telegraph

The failure to crush other Left-wing extremists created Palestine Action

The Government is allegedly planning to proscribe Palestine Action, the direct action group, as a terrorist organisation – but is it only the tip of a far-Left iceberg? The group was set up in 2020 by Richard Barnard, a former Extinction Rebellion activist, and Huda Ammori, who worked for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Barnard is a classic crusty, with tattoos including an Irish Republican slogan and Buddhist chants. Ammori was born to Arab parents and grew up in Bolton. She has said her Palestinian great-grandfather was involved in the 1936 Arab Revolt there, and that he was killed by British soldiers. The alliance between these two individuals shows how the far-Left and causes in the Islamic world have combined. The group have primarily targeted Elbit, an Israeli defence firm with factories in Britain, in a five-year sabotage campaign which has involved ram-raiding gates and destroying machines with sledgehammers. In 2024 a police officer had to be taken to hospital after being hit with one of those hammers, in an attack on Elbit's HQ in Bristol, as commented on by Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley. The group has targeted any business with links to Elbit, including their lawyers and landlords, in an effort to drive them out of business. They've successfully caused several businesses to cut ties, and the model has been imitated by groups using their name in the USA, Italy, and Norway among others. In 2023 they published a manual on how to run an underground cell, which even included a recommendation that activists use Kelly's Solicitors in Brighton, who are well known for their focus on protest-related cases. The authorities have regularly failed to tackle the group, with activists regularly given desultory sentences. Shortly after the announcement that they were to be proscribed, Palestine Action posted a graphic on Twitter/X showing the logos of 35 groups who supported a protest against the proscription. It won't be a surprise to see groups like CAGE or Muslim Engagement and Development listed, but the graphic also includes seemingly unrelated groups such as No More Exclusions, who campaign against school exclusions, and Reclaim the Power, a direct action group who protest the use of fossil fuels. Nor is it only small groups. Campaigning organisations like Liberty and Amnesty International have also criticised the move, as well as lawyers from well-known chambers like Doughty Street, various Corbynista MPs, and even the Irish novelist Sally Rooney. The Prime Minister was himself a legal officer for Liberty in the 1980s and was a barrister at Doughty Street chambers for most of his legal career. Indeed, as some have pointed out, in 2003 Keir Starmer defended the Fairford Five, a group of anti-war protestors who broke into an RAF airbase to damage planes at the start of the Iraq War (working as a barrister, the PM was of course subject to the 'cab rank' rule). Palestine Action are just the latest in a long line of violent protest groups which have been nurtured and defended by institutions on the Left. The failure of the authorities to nip this in the bud has allowed the group to escalate to this dangerous level. Proscription might well end the threat of Palestine Action, but as the history of its founders shows, many of its activists will simply shift to new radical groups. Only taking a tougher line on all far-Left protest groups will prevent its place being taken by something similar.

What we know about pro-Palestine Action protest today
What we know about pro-Palestine Action protest today

Yahoo

time5 days ago

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  • Yahoo

What we know about pro-Palestine Action protest today

The head of the Metropolitan Police has said he is "shocked and frustrated" about a planned protest in London on Monday in support of Palestine Action. The group is on the verge of being proscribed by the government, effectively branding it a terrorist organisation. Last week, Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two British military planes with red paint in protest against support for Israel in the war in Gaza. The group has called the government plan to proscribe it as "absurd", but home secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to outline the plan in Parliament on Monday. Palestine Action is a protest network in support of Palestine that takes direct action against Israeli weapons factories based in the UK, often occupying premises, or causing criminal damage and vandalism. Palestine Action was founded by Huda Ammori, 31, and Richard Barnard, 51, and was established on 30 July 2020 when activists broke into the UK headquarters of Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems in London and sprayed red paint in the interior. Ammori, from Bolton, was born to a Palestinian father and an Iraqi mother, and graduated from the University of Manchester, and was a supporter of the Labour Party when it was led by Jeremy Corbyn. Barnard, raised Catholic, is a former member of the radical Catholic Worker movement and Extinction Rebellion. Palestine Action has staged a number of protests in recent months, including spraying the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint over its alleged links to Israeli weapons company Elbit, as well as vandalising Donald Trump's Turnberry golf course in Scotland. A spokesperson for Palestine Action said: 'When our government fails to uphold their moral and legal obligations, it is the responsibility of ordinary citizens to take direct action. The terrorists are the ones committing a genocide, not those who break the tools used to commit it.' A protest in support of Palestine Action is set for midday on Monday in central London. Originally, protesters had been told to gather at the Houses of Parliament, but this was changed on Monday morning to Trafalgar Square. But Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said on Sunday: 'I'm sure many people will be as shocked and frustrated as I am to see a protest taking place tomorrow in support of Palestine Action. 'This is an organised extremist criminal group, whose proscription as terrorists is being actively considered. 'The right to protest is essential and we will always defend it, but actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest." Rowley said that until the group is proscribed the Metropolitan Police has 'no power in law' to prevent the protest taking place, adding that breaches of the law would be 'dealt with robustly'. On Monday, home secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to deliver a statement to be put before Parliament to proscribe Palestine Action, which would effectively brand it a terror group. She has the power to proscribe an organisation under the Terrorism Act of 2000 if she believes it is 'concerned in terrorism'. After laying out an order in Parliament, it would need to be backed by MPs and the House of Lords for the group to be banned. If passed, it would make it a criminal offence to belong to Palestine Action or support it. There are currently 81 organisations that are proscribed, including Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas and al Qaida. Palestine Action member Saeed Taji Farouky told the BBC the government plan to proscribe the group was "absurd". He said it "rips apart the very basic concepts of British democracy and the rule of law" and added: "It's something everyone should be terrified about." On Friday, Palestine Action posted footage online showing two people inside the base at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. In the clip, one person rides an electric scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker and appears to spray paint into its jet engine. The incident is being investigated by counter-terror police. However, former justice secretary Lord Charlie Falconer said vandalising aircraft at RAF Brize Norton would not solely provide legal justification for proscribing the group. He told Sky News: "Generally, that sort of demonstration wouldn't justify proscription so there must be something else that I don't know about.' The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) welcomed the government's stance, with chief executive Gideon Falter saying: 'Nobody should be surprised that those who vandalised Jewish premises with impunity have now been emboldened to sabotage RAF jets.' The group has previously targeted Jewish-owned businesses that it says are linked to Elbit Systems, commenting: "We treat all businesses which work with Israel's biggest weapons firm equally, whether they're 'Jewish-owned' or not." Former home secretary Suella Braverman said banning the group was 'absolutely the correct decision'. However, Tom Southerden, from Amnesty International UK, said: 'Terrorism powers should never have been used to aggravate criminal charges against Palestine Action activists and they certainly shouldn't be used to ban them. 'Instead of suppressing protest against the UK's military support for Israel, the UK should be taking urgent action to prevent Israel's genocide and end any risk of UK complicity in it.' And former shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday: 'They certainly committed acts of criminal trespass and criminal damage, painting planes at Brize Norton and so on, but I think that's not what most people would understand as terrorism, and to proscribe Palestine Action on the information that we have all seen, I think would be a new departure."

The surgeon's daughter who campaigned against hummus at university: Meet Palestine Action's VERY middle-class leader who has swapped targets from chickpea dip to RAF war planes
The surgeon's daughter who campaigned against hummus at university: Meet Palestine Action's VERY middle-class leader who has swapped targets from chickpea dip to RAF war planes

Daily Mail​

time21-06-2025

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The surgeon's daughter who campaigned against hummus at university: Meet Palestine Action's VERY middle-class leader who has swapped targets from chickpea dip to RAF war planes

The middle-class daughter of a top NHS surgeon who campaigned against hummus at university has been revealed as the leader of Palestine Action. Huda Ammori, a former campaigner at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, founded the controversial group alongside Richard Barnard, 51, a former member of Extinction Rebellion, in 2020. The 31-year-old was born in Bolton to a Palestinian father, a surgeon, and an Iraqi mother. She later went on to graduate from the University of Manchester with an international business and finance degree. Despite her middle class roots, Ms Ammori quickly became captivated by student activism during her time at the prestigious institution - even getting a brand of hummus banned from the campus shop. The then-student, who had spotted 'Sabra' hummus, half-owned by a company who invest in Israeli 's military forces, was on sale, launched a tireless campaign that eventually saw the chickpea dip successfully blacklisted. Now, she leads the militant Palestine Action movement. Over the past five years, the group have claimed responsibility for vandalised buildings, ram-raided factories and, most recently, even infiltrated Britain's largest RAF base, damaging two military planes. Having posted footage online showing two people inside the base at RAF Brize Norton, the group are now set to be proscribed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, meaning it will be a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action. Ms Ammori first had a political awakening in 2016, after receiving a surprising call from her mother in 2016 insisting that she join the Labour Party. A graduate from the University of Manchester, Ms Ammori quickly became captivated by student activism during her time at the prestigious institution - even campaigning to get a brand of hummus banned from the campus shop Describing such demand as initially 'confusing', she wrote in The New Arab: 'Coming from my Iraqi mother, this qas quite confusing given that Tony Blair, under the Labour government, led the invasion and destruction of Iraq'. However, for both Ms Ammori and other pro-Palestine activists, the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party offered, they believed, a 'renewal of hope'. But such hope was ultimately to be short lived. Following Corbyn's defeat in the 2019 general election, Ms Ammori said she quickly abandoned any 'asking and begging' of government bodies for help with her activist plight. Instead, she formed a new militant movement with Mr Barnard, a raised Catholic who once belonged to a Christian anarchist group called the Catholic Worker. He has, according to the magazine Prospect, almost 30 tattoos, including Benedictine mottos, an Irish Republican slogan, 'freedom' in Arabic and 'all cops are bastards'. Ms Ammori, who said previously that her Palestinian great-grandfather was killed by British soldiers in the 1936 u[rising, has never been deterred by the risk of jail time as a result of the group's extreme behaviour. Highlighting her fearless nature, she told the publication: 'When you do these types of actions, you do it with an understanding that you could end up in prison'. Having claimed responsibility for more than 300 incidents at government buildings, universities and British-based defence sites, amongst numerous others, some of the group's most fierce activists have indeed been imprisoned for their protests. Shocking footage shared by the group showed protesters storming across the RAF runway in Oxfordshire on electric scooters. The activists are then seen spraying red paint into the turbine engines of the air-to-air refuelling tankers which the RAF say are 'vital for enhancing the operational reach and flexibility of Britain's military air power' On Friday, bodycam footage was uploaded online which showed two of the group's activists infiltrating Britain's largest RAF base and spraying red paint into the engines of two Airbus Voyager aircraft before escaping without being caught. The shocking video showed protesters storming across the RAF runway in Oxfordshire on electric scooters. The activists are then seen spraying red paint into the turbine engines of the air-to-air refueling tankers which the RAF say are 'vital for enhancing the operational reach and flexibility of Britain's military air power'. Palestine Action claimed to have used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray the paint, while they say they caused further damage with crowbars. They said that the damage to the planes at Brize Norton was deliberately undertaken as it is the base 'where flights leave daily for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus' - the base used for military operations in the Middle East. In response to the shocking incident, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the footage, stating in a post on X: 'The act of vandalism committed at RAF Brize Norton is disgraceful. 'Our Armed Forces represent the very best of Britain and put their lives on the line for us every day. 'It is our responsibility to support those who defend us.' Meanwhile, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch said: 'The security breach at Brize Norton is deeply concerning. 'This is not lawful protest, it is politically-motivated criminality. We must stop tolerating terrorist or extremist groups that seek to undermine our society. The full force of the law must come down on those responsible.' A security review has been launched across all UK military bases and the incident is currently being investigated by counter terror police. The Home Secretary, who hopes to proscribe the organisation, has the power to do so under the Terrorism Act of 2000 if she believes it is 'concerned in terrorism'. Proscription will require Ms Cooper to lay an order in Parliament, which must then be debated and approved by both MPs and peers. A spokesperson for Palestine Action accused the UK of failing to meet its obligation to prevent or punish genocide. The spokesperson said: 'When our government fails to uphold their moral and legal obligations, it is the responsibility of ordinary citizens to take direct action. 'The terrorists are the ones committing a genocide, not those who break the tools used to commit it.' Some 81 organisations have been proscribed under the 2000 Act, including Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas and al Qaida, far-right groups such as National Action, and Russian private military company Wagner Group. Another 14 organisations connected with Northern Ireland are also banned under previous legislation, including the IRA and UDA. In August last year, five Palestine Action activists who caused over £1million worth of damages at a weapons factory in Glasgow, were jailed for a total of five years and two months. Stuart Bretherton, 25, Eva Simmons, 25, Calum Lacy, 23, Erica Hygate, 23 and Sumaya Javaid, 22, scaled the Thales UK building in Glasgow's Govan on June 1 2022 and staged a demonstration on its roof. The five protestors unfurled banners and erected flags and ignited pyrotechnics, while two remained at the building overnight and glued themselves to the roof after refusing to engage with police. A total of £1,130,783 of damage was caused and the premises were shut due to safety concerns. Bretherton, of Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, Simmons, of London, Lacy of Edinburgh as well as Hygate and Javaid of Birmingham, pleaded guilty to conducting themselves in a disorderly manner. Hygate separately pleaded guilty to a vandalism charge, while Javaid also pleaded to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner. All but Javaid received 12 month sentences while she was jailed for 14 months.

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