UK: Sally Rooney and 100 others warn against 'cruel' terror sentences for Palestine activists

UK: Sally Rooney and 100 others warn against 'cruel' terror sentences for Palestine activists Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 15:22 Four activists who broke into Israel's Elbit Systems factory in Bristol could be sentenced with terror offences, despite not being charged under terrorism laws Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel in Pasadena, California, on 17 January 2020 (Erik Voake/AFP) Off Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, Brian Cox and Steve Coogan are among around 100 figures jointly warning against four activists being sentenced to terrorism offences for actions they took against an Israeli arms manufacturer based in the UK . The celebrities published an open letter calling on Judge Jeremy Johnson to drop the use of a “terrorism connection” in the sentencing of the activists set to take place on Friday. Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio and Fatema Zainab Rajwani are part of a group of activists known as the Filton 25.