Five pro-Palestinian activists plead not guilty over UK air base break in

The activists ⁠pleaded not blameworthy to damaging spot for a intent prejudicial to the interests oregon information of the UK.

Five pro-Palestinian activists person pleaded not ‍guilty to breaking into a British subject aerial base and damaging 2 planes successful ⁠protest against the UK’s enactment for Israel’s warfare successful Gaza.

The 5 are accused of breaking into the Brize Norton Royal Air Force basal successful cardinal England successful ‍June and spraying reddish overgarment implicit 2 Voyager craft utilized for refuelling and transport.

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The run radical Palestine Action, which has since been banned by the government, said it was down the incident.

Lewie Chiaramello, Jon Cink, Amy Gardiner-Gibson, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie and Muhammad ‌Umer Khalid appeared connected Friday astatine London’s Old Bailey ‌court by videolink from prison.

They ⁠pleaded not blameworthy to damaging spot for a intent ‌prejudicial to the interests oregon information of the UK. Their proceedings is owed ‍to commencement successful January 2027.

No applications for bail were made, contempt it having been 1 of five key demands enactment guardant by the activists. The others included the close to a just proceedings – which they accidental includes the merchandise of documents related to “the ongoing witch-hunt of activists and campaigners” – ending censorship of their communications, “de-proscribing” Palestine Action and shutting down Elbit Systems, which operates respective UK factories.

Palestine Action launched successful July 2020 and describes itself arsenic a question “committed to ending planetary information successful Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”. The UK parliament voted successful favour of proscribing the radical connected July 2, 2025, classifying it arsenic a “terrorist” organisation.

More than 1,600 arrests linked to enactment for the proscribed radical were made successful the 3 months pursuing the ban’s introduction. The prohibition has been challenged successful court.