Terrorism-Related Convictions Overturned for U.K. Activists Who Blocked Deportations
A judge said the charges, which could have set a dangerous precedent against nonviolent protest, should never have been brought.
Rebecca Nathanson
Rebecca Nathanson is a freelance journalist currently based in New York. Her work on politics, social movements, and the far right in the US and Europe has appeared in Harper's, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Progressive, Rolling Stone, and more.
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