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- A UK Old Bailey jury acquitted Sarah Cotte of supporting Hamas after a two-year trial.
- Cotte’s October 9, 2023 speech outside SOAS expressed unconditional solidarity with Palestinian resistance.
- Prosecutors argued the speech was a thinly veiled reference to Hamas, which is banned under UK terrorism law.
- Anas Mustapha of CAGE International said the verdict shows public rejection of criminalising pro-resistance speech.
