A student union women’s officer has denied expressing support for Hamas just a day after the group’s militants entered Israel.
Hanin Barghouthi, 22, is accused of a single count of expressing an “opinion or belief” in support of the banned organisation on Sunday 8 October.
Prosecutor Bridget Fitzpatrick told Westminster Magistrates’ Court the alleged offence relates to a four-minute speech which was allegedly “supportive of the actions of Hamas that had taken place in Israel the day before”.
Police became aware of it after a video began circulating on Wednesday 11 October .
Wearing a grey T-shirt and black cardigan, she spoke only to confirm her name, date of birth, address in Brighton and reply “not guilty” when the charge was put to her during the brief hearing.
Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring granted her conditional bail until she appears at the Old Bailey on Friday 8 December.
Her bail conditions ban her from obtaining international travel documents or using a mobile phone not authorised by police unless in an emergency, and she must also live and sleep at her address each night.
The judge told her: “I am not making any determination today about whether what you did was criminal or not. That is for the jury.
“If an allegation is made that you have attended any demonstration and you are charged with a criminal offence, I will remand you in custody.”
The offence she is charged with is contrary to the Terrorism Act 2000.
A student union women’s officer supports an evil regime that treats its women appallingly. That says a lot about the students union.
This creature spouts her bile on Facebook as well.
Evil regime .Applies equally to apartheid Israel. They created Hamas during a previous invasion of the Lebanon (whilst attacking the PLO)
Netanyahu denies the 2 state solution and the USA funds , weaponises
and vetos any UN attempts to stop illegal settlements
interesting name: Barghouti (other spellings Barghuthi, Barghouthi, or Al-Barghuthi) is the surname of many prominent Palestinian families. Many members are involved in Palestinian politics. Indeed, opening this year’s London’s annual Palestine Film festival, held between November 17 and November 30, has screenings of the film Marwan: Tomorrow’s Freedom, a film about Marwan Barghouti, the most well-known of Israel’s Palestinian political prisoners.
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Evidence ?
Compelling. I hope the police throw the book at her under the inciting terrorism act. There is no place for this kind of hate speech on our streets.