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Secret Terror Label Sets Protest Precedent, Sentencing Pending

5/13/2026

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The court’s secret terrorism label could set a precedent that protest-related criminal damage is treated as terrorism.
Four Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage at the Elbit Systems UK site near Bristol await sentencing after Judge Mr Justice Johnson barred the jury from hearing a terrorist-connection finding.
Defend Our Juries warned that labeling the protesters as terrorists without a terror conviction could create a precedent for future protest cases.

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The court’s secret terrorism label could set a precedent that protest-related criminal damage is treated as terrorism.
Four Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage at the Elbit Systems UK site near Bristol await sentencing after Judge Mr Justice Johnson barred the jury from hearing a terrorist-connection finding.
Defend Our Juries warned that labeling the protesters as terrorists without a terror conviction could create a precedent for future protest cases.