Filton 25: Defiant Ellie Kamio celebrates ‘terror award’, confirms sentencing appeal

Ellie Kamio is one of the ‘Filton 25’ group of anti-genocide activists targeted by the UK government for damaging an Israeli death factory.

In the sick farce of Keir Starmer’s war on UK, Kamio and three others were sentenced as terrorists despite being charged with no terror offence.

The judge, deeply connected to the ‘security services’, banned the jury from knowing they could acquit — and banned jurors from knowing about his sentencing plans until after they convicted. Even the press were banned from reporting on it.

But Kamio remains defiant and celebrates the ‘award’ of her ‘terror’ sentence.

 

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Filton 25 activist shares powerful social media post

In an Instagram post, Kamio posted a mocked-up image of herself receiving a gold award, alongside images of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

In a statement accompanying the images, she thanked her supporters and the Palestinian people, talked about the farce of the trial and the regime’s purposes in criminalising protest.

She defiantly refused to be crushed by the draconian sentences imposed on her and fellow protesters for resisting the UK’s collaboration with Israel. She also added that the victims of the trial will be appealing against the sentences.

Her post in full:

wow wtf who would have thought that the girl from swansea who grows veggies and likes to party would earn this title. i’m flattered that the state thinks i’m this annoying. this is a label that has been given to so many who have fought against apartheid and genocide throughout history. if opposing genocide makes me a terrorist then so be it. because it was an honour to dismantle 40 weapons that would commit war crimes.

i’d like to thank my mum and the rest of my family. to the people who raised me and the ones who shaped how i see and move through the world. but most importantly i need to thank palestinians because when i think of your liberation, it is worth it.

i’m grateful to everyone who has been here, physically and spiritually, who has written, prayed, cast spells and sends us love. you lot have given me strength for prison round 2 😛

on the morning of the 12th of june it was clear from judge johnson’s giddiness that he had prewritten a wild sentence, that completely disregarded sentencing guidelines and quite frankly the law. no surprise there lol. now i know what the worst case scenario is. it sucks but i can do it.

the crown prosecution aptly named our case ‘operation recomply’. we were arrested under counter terror powers on the 7th august 2024. this was always their plan. to use our convictions to justify the proscription of palestine action. to intimidate britain into complying. to stay ignorant or lose hope. has it worked?

so long as there is a hole in my arse my spirit cannot be crushed. it is not the time to despair. it is the time to work together and channel our rage into something productive. because when the state moves as weird as it has been, it means that liberation is close.

celebrate moog’s hung jury! pull up for the next wave of filton 25 (major babes) who are currently on trial at the old bailey. they need you now so please show them the same love we received. meanwhile us four will be back at it again to appeal sentencing.

my final thank you goes to all the losers who have had a hand in my imprisonment. in trying to squash our spirits, the state has hammered us with everything they’ve got. in doing so, it has created the most resilient group of people who now know the inner workings of the legal and prison system. knowledge is power baby! they will continue to underestimate the people and i will watch the state’s flailing corruption burn to the ground from my cell hehe.

i believe in you all.

palestine will hear the birds 🩷

Ongoing war on freedom

Starmer is packing his bags ready to slink out of No.10 in disgrace. But even as he slithers away, his regime continues its war on UK freedoms and rights to protect Israel.

His government finds the Terrorism Act so useful and easy to wield against peaceful resistance that it has extended the same provisions to any group it decides to ‘designate’.

The new National Security (State Threats) Act allows the government to prosecute anyone who even uses information from sources the UK regime decides oppose its interests. The first to be banned is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), making it a criminal offence to quote the IRGC on its military actions against the UK and Israel’s illegal war.

Sentences range to up to 14 years in prison, just as for the Terrorism Act.

There is no exemption for journalism.

To his everlasting shame, incoming prime minister, Andy Burnham — supposedly a change from Starmer — has supported the new legislation. Just as he has supported Starmer’s backdoor mandatory ID scam and other attacks on UK citizens’ freedoms.

Burnham shows no sign at all of rolling back any of his predecessor’s police-state measures. Indeed, he is already signalling that he will go further.

Featured image via PA