Woman, 81, among latest people charged over Palestine Action protests | UK news

A 81 -year -old woman is among the 47 people allegedly supporting the Palestinian action, banned during protests this summer.

According to the details published by the Metropolitan police, more than half of them are over 60. The total number of people charged at 114 is currently 114.

The organizers of the protests accused people of desperation to “hurry” to “hurry” to prevent people from taking part in the action this Saturday.

The last group to be blamed is a 81 -year -old Yvonne Hayward, a retired teacher and psychotherapist of Lewisham in southeast of London. The latest accusations are about a protest on 19 July.

Protests, where the participants were encouraged to keep signs that say, orum I am opposing the genocide, I support the Palestinian action ”, were organized by the campaign group.

Tim Crosland, who defended our jury spokesman, said: “Met’s desperation spans, once again, he ran to last -minute accusations against more than 720 people arrested in a prominent attempt to try to prevent people from taking part in a mass action this Saturday.

“When they tried this for the last time, about 1,000 people came and hired signs that challenged the ban on the Parliament Square. Met’s scary tactics did not work at that time and they won’t work now.

“The fact that more than half of the people they are trying to make as ‘terrorists’ as an example is that they are over 60 years of age, including many 70s and 81 -year -old people, emphasizes the nonsense of the borrowing from the game book of the worldwide regimes to ban the protest group.”

On Monday, another person reported that they were accused.

All of them have been accused of a crime contrary to the 13th part of the Law of Terrorism, which is the “lower -level” part of the legislation, that is, they would be tried in a peace proceedings instead of a Crown Court. They are expected to appear at the Westminster Magistrate Court on 27 or 28 October.

The protests were part of the campaign to abolish the ban on Palestinian action, which became the first direct group of action prohibited under terror laws on June 20. It is suspected that the members of the organization entered the Brize Norton Airbase and falsified the two military aircraft with spray paint.

MET’s Operations of the Anti -Terror Command DCI Helen Flanagan said that the power was “quickly and efficiently” investigating those who were arrested allegedly supporting the Palestinian action. Met foresees more charging decisions this week and beyond.

Flanagan said: “We know the right to show people in peace, and thousands of people continue to protest the support of Palestine without breaking the laws of anti -terrorism.”

He said he would call everyone who plans to support the Palestinian action to rethink. “For people who are convicted, if they are convicted, they face serious potentially serious consequences that may affect their careers and their ability to travel abroad”.

MET listed some of the things he defined as the results of the accusation in accordance with the 13th part of the Law of Terrorism, which is sentenced to a maximum of six months in prison in case of conviction. He said that such a conviction of employers can see such a conviction as reasons for refusing to employ or refuse to reject them, and as a reason to prevent them from entering courses by universities.