Four Palestine Action activists will appeal their sentencing by a UK court as terrorists for their role in a raid on an Israeli-owned arms factory.
In May, Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Head, Fatema Rajwani, Leona ‘Ellie’ Kamio and Samuel Corner were convicted by jurors of criminal damage charges for smashing up Israeli weapons - including quadcopter drones - in an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024.
In an unprecedented ruling in June, the presiding judge, Justice Johnson, determined that their offences carried a "terrorist connection", handing them sentences ranging from four to eight years.
They became the first direct action protesters convicted of criminal charges to be sentenced as terrorists.
Throughout the trial, they were barred from telling jurors of the potential terror designation and from speaking about their motivations for damaging weapons intended for use by Israel in Gaza.
