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SOAS 2’s Sarah Cotte walks free but will face September retrial

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SOAS 2’s Sarah Cotte walks free but will face September retrial

Sarah Cotte, one of the ‘SOAS 2’ defendants accused of supporting a banned group, has walked free from the Old Bailey but faces a retrial in September. The judge discharged the jury in the first trial on 1 July after jurors refused to convict, but decided yesterday that Cotte would face a retrial, also at the Old Bailey, on 14 September. A defiant Cotte told gathered supporters that: We know that we are on the side of justice. We are on the side of liberation. We are on the side of people who fight back, people who strive for a better…

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SOAS student ‘terror trial’ – final hearing approaches

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SOAS student ‘terror trial’ – final hearing approaches

Wednesday 8 July will be a key hearing in the case of 22-year-old pro-Palestine student activist Sarah Cotte. Like every day of the trial, supporters from the Defend the SOAS 2 campaign will protest outside the Old Bailey. They’ll draw attention to what they say is the application of a pernicious terrorism law that has not just been misapplied in this instance but which should be repealed in its entirety. They say that a victory in this case would reinforce the right of protesters to support the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, which has been under consistent attack in recent years. Cotte,…

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