Filton 24’s Qesser Zuhrah rearrested after 15 months in UK custody

Qesser Zuhrah, the youngest member of the Filton 24 prisoner group, was re-arrested on Monday 30th March 2026, having been granted bail in February 2026 after 15 months on remand.

🇵🇸🔻Qesser, la plus jeune des prisonnier•es des #Filton24, qui a été incarcérée pendant 15 mois avant d’être libérée sous caution, a été de nouveau arrêté ! Elle avait lancé la grève de la faim historique des prisonnier•es pour la Palestine en Angleterre le 2 novembre dernier. pic.twitter.com/Mdgnw0swjM

— Samidoun Paris Banlieue (@SamidounPB) March 30, 2026

Counter-terrorism police raided Qesser’s bail address at 6:20 this morning while she was sleeping.

She has been booked into custody under Section 1 of the Terrorism Act and Section 44 of the Serious Crimes Act 2007.

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🚨‼️ URGENT: QESSER ZUHRAH HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY, MOBILISE OUTSIDE HATFIELD POLICE STATION NOW TO SUPPORT HER‼️🚨

‼️🚨At 6.20 am this morning whilst she was sleeping, counter terrorism police turned up at Qesser’s bail address and abducted her under the… pic.twitter.com/CefRw9SSYd

— The Crispin Flintoff Show (@CrispinShow) March 30, 2026

Zuhrah, speaking at a recent press conference, said Prisoners for Palestine “are the collateral damage of Britain’s immoral allegiance to the Israeli state.” She recounted being assaulted twice in prison, once for requesting help for a suicidal prisoner and once for the mere act of crying. During her hunger strike, she was left on her cell floor for 22 hours with the door open, unable to move, and was only taken to the hospital after public pressure.

🚨BREAKING — Declassified attended the Filton 24 press conference today, where five recently released Palestine Action activists revealed shocking details about their experience in prison.

Teuta Hoxha began by explaining that her mind is “not as sharp as it used to be before… pic.twitter.com/YnmRuOPQ4p

— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) March 25, 2026

Last December, Qesser nearly died on a hunger strike inside HMP Bronzefield. Supporters, including MP Zarah Sultana, spent over 12 hours outside the prison demanding that an ambulance be called.

At Zuhrah’s release in February, she was greeted by MP Zarah Sultana.

Last December, Qesser nearly died on hunger strike, and we spent over 12 hours outside Bronzefield demanding an ambulance.

Yesterday, she walked out into the arms of friends and family.

It has been beautiful to see videos of Palestine Action prisoners released across the UK… pic.twitter.com/Z2sfV0i6BU

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) February 21, 2026

Netpol’s recent report noted that repression has become routine in British protest policing. New and overlapping laws, combined with a growing tendency to treat protest as a security issue, have normalised surveillance, heavy-handed policing, and punishment, with harm concentrated on marginalised groups.

The report said:

As powers have proliferated, mechanisms to restrain or scrutinise their use have weakened. Accountability is being eroded through legislative and policy changes, undermining routes to redress. Alongside this, rising levels of surveillance mark an increasingly preemptive approach to protest policing that resists democratic scrutiny. Meanwhile, the environment for those documenting police violence and repression – namely, journalists and legal observers – is becoming increasingly dangerous. The result is a widening accountability gap in which violence and punitive outcomes multiply while meaningful checks and balances are hollowed out.

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