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Britain May Label Palestine Action as Terrorists
Five activists from the "Palestine Action" movement in Britain face the potential charges of terrorism after they broke the windows of a Barclays bank branch and splattered red paint on its facade in protest against the bank’s links to an Israeli arms company. A British court has convicted four activists of criminal damage amounting to over £212,000, while the remaining activists are under review for possible terrorist classifications, despite the British government not having designated the movement as a terrorist organization at the time of the protest. Activists argue that these measures amount to excessive politicization of anti-terror laws and represent an attempt to suppress political dissent. They have been sentenced to long prison terms with strict surveillance measures upon release, while the case remains under review until final rulings are issued in September.
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