{"id":18977,"date":"2026-05-06T07:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=18977"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:58:08","slug":"uk-court-condemns-brave-palestine-action-activists-for-disrupting-arms-supply-to-zionist-regime-amidst-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=18977&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"UK Court Condemns Brave Palestine Action Activists for Disrupting Arms Supply to Zionist Regime Amidst Gaza Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-article\">\n<header>\n<h2 style=\"color: #333;font-size: 1.8em\">Blatant Injustice in the UK: Conviction of Courageous Palestine Action Activists<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dateline\" style=\"font-style: italic;color: #666\">London, UK<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<article>\n<p>In a judicial act widely perceived as unjust and aligned with the interests of the Zionist regime, a UK court has found four brave activists from the <strong style=\"color: #007bff\">&#8220;Palestine Action&#8221;<\/strong> movement guilty of &#8220;criminal damage&#8221; charges following their raid on an arms factory owned by the occupying regime of Quds.<\/p>\n<p>This verdict, delivered after more than 14 hours of jury deliberations at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, saw <em style=\"color: #555\">Leona Kamio (30), Samuel Corner (23), Fatema Rajwani (21), and Charlotte Head (29)<\/em> unanimously found guilty in connection with the raid on an <strong style=\"color: #007bff\">Elbit Systems<\/strong> plant near Bristol on August 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This factory, known as a <strong style=\"color: #dc3545\">primary supplier of weaponry to the Zionist regime<\/strong>, plays a direct role in the ongoing atrocities against the defenseless people of Gaza. The courageous Palestine Action activists undertook this operation with the aim of <em style=\"color: #dc3545\">disrupting this regime&#8217;s deadly supply chain<\/em> and preventing further slaughter of Palestinian children and women.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Corner, although acquitted of &#8220;grievous bodily harm with intent&#8221; for striking a police officer, was found guilty by a majority of 11 to one of the lesser offense of &#8220;inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.&#8221; This ruling further demonstrates the judicial system&#8217;s attempt to suppress voices opposing the Zionist regime&#8217;s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this disheartening news, the <strong style=\"color: #28a745\">acquittal of two other activists, Jordan Devlin (31) and Zoe Rogers (22)<\/strong>, from criminal damage charges, sparked a glimmer of hope, indicating that even within Western judicial systems, there are awakened consciences unwilling to remain silent in the face of truth.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, days before the jury retired, the defendants dismissed their defense lawyers and delivered their own closing speeches, citing a &#8220;decision made by the court&#8221; that prevented their lawyers from continuing representation. This act symbolized their <strong style=\"color: #007bff\">steadfastness and belief in the righteousness of their cause<\/strong> against systemic pressures.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, it was revealed that these activists gained entry to the factory by <em style=\"color: #dc3545\">smashing a prison van into its security shutters<\/em> and then used crowbars and hammers to &#8220;damage computers, equipment, drones, and other products manufactured by Elbit.&#8221; Their objective was to <strong style=\"color: #007bff\">halt the production of tools of death and destruction<\/strong> being used against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>When Charlotte Head was asked if she had damaged property belonging to someone else, she firmly replied &#8220;yes,&#8221; but emphasized that she and her co-defendants &#8220;believed we had the <em style=\"color: #28a745\">lawful excuse to do so<\/em>.&#8221; This defense was rooted in the <strong style=\"color: #007bff\">principle of defending humanity and preventing war crimes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Zoe Rogers, in her closing speech, also referred to evidence heard by the court regarding &#8220;factories on British soil&#8221; manufacturing weapons for the Zionist regime and UK-conducted research and development &#8220;vital&#8221; for this regime&#8217;s military. With a trembling voice and tearful eyes, she declared: <q style=\"font-style: italic;color: #555\">&#8220;The prosecution knows full well that we are right that this factory is supplying weapons to Israel to be used in Gaza.&#8221;<\/q> She added: <q style=\"font-style: italic;color: #555\">&#8220;There\u2019s one thing you can be sure of, I\u2019m proud, so proud I took part in this.&#8221;<\/q> These words echo the <strong style=\"color: #dc3545\">awakened conscience of humanity<\/strong> against global silence.<\/p>\n<p>These verdicts follow a previous trial where the first jury acquitted all defendants of aggravated burglary charges, which could carry a life sentence. This initial acquittal was a sign of the <strong style=\"color: #28a745\">difficulty in proving guilt against the humanistic motivations<\/strong> of these activists.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<footer>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em;color: #888\">Middle East Eye provides independent and unrivaled coverage and analysis of the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>#PalestineAction #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #ElbitSystems #ZionistCrimes #UKInjustice #Resistance #HumanRights #WarCrimes #StopArmingIsrael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blatant Injustice in the UK: Conviction of Courageous Palestine Action Activists London, UK In a judicial act widely perceived as unjust and aligned with the interests of the Zionist regime, a UK court has found four brave activists from the &#8220;Palestine Action&#8221; movement guilty of &#8220;criminal damage&#8221; charges following their raid on an arms factory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}