Yvette Cooper was warned Palestine Action article might prejudice trial

Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal

Britain’s former home secretary Yvette Cooper was warned that proscribing Palestine Action could prejudice the trial of six activists but went ahead anyway, it can be revealed. Internal documents seen by Declassified show the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advised Cooper not to proscribe Palestine Action within six months of any Filton hearings. The Filton 24 are pro-Palestine activists accused of breaking into a factory owned by Elbit Systems,…

Yvette Cooper’s Palestine Action Article Risked Prejudicing Activists’ Trial

Former home secretary Yvette Cooper risked prejudicing the trial of six Palestine Action activists by writing an article justifying her decision to ban the group, the Guardian has revealed. The Crown Prosecution Service warned Cooper that her op-ed in the Observer last August might unfairly impact the outcome of an ongoing trial relating to a break-in at an Israeli-owned weapons factory. ​The activists were cleared of aggravated burglary at the …

Yvette Cooper was warned Palestine Action article might prejudice trial

CPS warned the article might risk prejudicing the criminal trial of activists from the group