{
  "id": "filton6",
  "title": "Filton6",
  "jurisdiction": "Filton · England and Wales",
  "summary": "The initial six defendants, subsequent proceedings and the wider Filton cases, with the source dossier’s reporting kept together.",
  "tags": [
    "uk",
    "protest",
    "sentencing"
  ],
  "order": 2,
  "source_as_of": "2026-07-28",
  "migrated_on": "2026-10-17",
  "verification": "historical-import-needs-current-review",
  "review_note": "“Filton6” is the entry point for this research. The original dossier also covers the broader Filton 24/25 proceedings; counts, verdicts and sentences must be tied to the particular defendants and trial.",
  "provenance": {
    "repository": "https://github.com/PlanetaryCouncil/barclays5",
    "commit": "9831cfdcb6ca0f63f488cd81794f8e6d0e79f88c",
    "files": [
      "sources.html"
    ],
    "original_site": "https://barclays5.planetarycouncil.org/"
  },
  "corrections": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-17",
      "text": "The original annotation suggested that section 1 only refers to the UK government or an intergovernmental body. Section 1(4)(d) also includes the government of a country other than the United Kingdom. That annotation has been corrected; this does not determine whether the other statutory conditions were met in any particular case.",
      "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/1/4/d"
    }
  ],
  "body_html": "<p>Twenty-five people charged over an August 2024 action at Elbit Systems&rsquo; Filton site near Bristol, approximately &pound;1.2m damage, split across multiple trials. Six acquitted of aggravated burglary in February 2026 with a hung jury on criminal damage; four convicted at retrial in May 2026; sentenced 12 June 2026 by Justice Jeremy Johnson with a &ldquo;terrorist connection&rdquo; finding &mdash; the first ever applied to protest criminal damage in the UK. Three further trials run into 2027.</p>\n\n  <ul class=\"src\">\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">UK court jails Palestine Action activists on terrorism charges</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">Al Jazeera &middot; 12 June 2026</span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges\">aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges</a></span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">First Filton 25 defendants sentenced as terrorists</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">The Bristol Cable &middot; June 2026</span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/\">thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">Local outlet, in court throughout. Best single narrative of the case timeline.</span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">Terrorism Enhancement for the Filton 25 Sets a Dangerous Precedent</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">The Intercept &middot; Natasha Lennard &middot; 13 June 2026</span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/\">theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/</a></span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">UK terrorist sentence for Palestine Action activist marks dangerous move against right to protest</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">Amnesty International UK <span class=\"lean primary\">Institutional</span></span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/\">amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">The citation to use when you need institutional legitimacy rather than movement voice.</span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">&lsquo;Direct action is not terrorism&rsquo;: Filton 25 on the sentencing of Palestine Action defendants</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">openDemocracy &middot; 25 June 2026</span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/\">opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">Commentary on the sentencing. Migration correction: the original annotation wrongly suggested that the statutory definition excludes foreign governments. Section 1(4)(d) expressly includes them; see the correction above.</span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">Inside the Palestine Action trial that could redefine protest as terrorism</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">openDemocracy</span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://www.opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/\">opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">Sentences ranged from four years eight months to seven years eight months.</span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">Jury agrees Filton 24 lacked intent to harm, but convicts 4 activists</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">The Canary &middot; 5 May 2026 <span class=\"lean partisan\">Partisan</span></span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/\">thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">Source for the detail that the court banned mention of jury equity and that people were arrested outside for holding signs about it.</span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">Victory for Palestine Action as &lsquo;Filton 6&rsquo; acquitted</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">Asa Winstanley &middot; February 2026 <span class=\"lean partisan\">Partisan</span></span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton\">asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton</a></span>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n      <span class=\"title\">Meet the Filton 24 &mdash; remand records</span>\n      <span class=\"outlet\">Free the Filton 25 <span class=\"lean partisan\">Campaign</span></span>\n      <span class=\"url\"><a href=\"https://filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/\">filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/</a></span>\n      <span class=\"note\">Individual remand figures: 458, 557 and 569 days in prison without conviction. Ordinary pre-trial remand runs to roughly six months.</span>\n    </li>\n  </ul>",
  "links": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges",
      "label": "aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/",
      "label": "thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/",
      "label": "theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/",
      "label": "amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/",
      "label": "opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/",
      "label": "opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/",
      "label": "thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton",
      "label": "asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/",
      "label": "filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/",
      "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked"
    }
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  "url": "https://independenttribunal.org/research/filton6/",
  "body_text": "Twenty-five people charged over an August 2024 action at Elbit Systems’ Filton site near Bristol, approximately £1.2m damage, split across multiple trials. Six acquitted of aggravated burglary in February 2026 with a hung jury on criminal damage; four convicted at retrial in May 2026; sentenced 12 June 2026 by Justice Jeremy Johnson with a “terrorist connection” finding — the first ever applied to protest criminal damage in the UK. Three further trials run into 2027.\n\n\n\n \n \n UK court jails Palestine Action activists on terrorism charges \n Al Jazeera · 12 June 2026 \n aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges \n \n\n\n \n First Filton 25 defendants sentenced as terrorists \n The Bristol Cable · June 2026 \n thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/ \n Local outlet, in court throughout. Best single narrative of the case timeline. \n \n\n\n \n Terrorism Enhancement for the Filton 25 Sets a Dangerous Precedent \n The Intercept · Natasha Lennard · 13 June 2026 \n theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/ \n \n\n\n \n UK terrorist sentence for Palestine Action activist marks dangerous move against right to protest \n Amnesty International UK Institutional \n amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/ \n The citation to use when you need institutional legitimacy rather than movement voice. \n \n\n\n \n ‘Direct action is not terrorism’: Filton 25 on the sentencing of Palestine Action defendants \n openDemocracy · 25 June 2026 \n opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/ \n Commentary on the sentencing. Migration correction: the original annotation wrongly suggested that the statutory definition excludes foreign governments. Section 1(4)(d) expressly includes them; see the correction above. \n \n\n\n \n Inside the Palestine Action trial that could redefine protest as terrorism \n openDemocracy \n opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/ \n Sentences ranged from four years eight months to seven years eight months. \n \n\n\n \n Jury agrees Filton 24 lacked intent to harm, but convicts 4 activists \n The Canary · 5 May 2026 Partisan \n thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/ \n Source for the detail that the court banned mention of jury equity and that people were arrested outside for holding signs about it. \n \n\n\n \n Victory for Palestine Action as ‘Filton 6’ acquitted \n Asa Winstanley · February 2026 Partisan \n asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton \n \n\n\n \n Meet the Filton 24 — remand records \n Free the Filton 25 Campaign \n filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/ \n Individual remand figures: 458, 557 and 569 days in prison without conviction. Ordinary pre-trial remand runs to roughly six months."
}