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Filton 25: Defiant Ellie Kamio celebrates ‘terror award’, confirms sentencing appeal

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:15 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

Ellie Kamio is one of the ‘Filton 25’ group of anti-genocide activists targeted by the UK government for damaging an Israeli death factory. In the sick farce of Keir Starmer’s war on UK, Kamio and three others were sentenced as terrorists despite being charged with no terror offence. The judge, deeply connected to the ‘security services’, banned the jury from knowing they could acquit — and banned jurors from knowing about his sentencing plans until after they convicted. Even the press were banned from reporting on it. But Kamio remains defiant and celebrates the ‘award’ of her ‘terror’ sentence. View this post…

Heathrow Five lose appeal against convictions for planning protest that never happened

Post author:The Canary
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Five Just Stop Oil supporters who have served prison sentences of up to 15 months for planning an action at Heathrow airport that never took place have had their convictions upheld by the Court of Appeal. Rosa Hicks, Adam Beard, Sean O’Callaghan, Sally Davidson and Hannah Schafer were among eight Just Stop Oil supporters convicted of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance after standing trial before Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown Court in March 2025. A ninth supporter was acquitted and another pleaded guilty before trial. Of the nine convicted, five were given jail terms of up to 15 months, while…

New Internationalist launches £150k survival appeal

Post author:The Canary
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Magazine the New Internationalist, facing the possibility of being forced to cease publication, has launched an appeal to raise £150,000 by 7 July. The independent, cooperatively owned magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. The magazine said it was facing “the closest we have ever been to the lights going out for good,” explaining that costs have “soared” while readers are less able to pay. In addition, AI and algorithm changes have hit their website traffic, and that grants are “harder to come by” as funders have shifted priorities. It said: Our information sphere is being rebuilt by tech oligarchs and far-right…