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Palestine Action activists appeal terrorist conviction in UK court
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Four pro-Palestine activists convicted of smashing drones at an Israeli arms factory have launched an appeal against their sentences, which their barrister says were inflated by a judicial finding of "terrorist connection," The Guardian reported. The defendants, represented by Palestine Action, became the first people in the UK convicted of property damage offenses classified with a terrorist motivation.
The appeal challenges the application of terrorist designation to the convictions. Legal representatives argue that the classification led judges to impose heftier sentences than would normally follow from property damage charges alone. The case involves activists who targeted equipment at a facility manufacturing weapons systems used by Israeli forces.
