"The laws of hate speech must serve to protect us all but this trial showed how these laws are weaponised to target ethnic minorities and in my case to crackdown on pro-Palestine political activism.” A court has found a woman not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence for holding a placard depicting politicians Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as “coconuts” during a pro-Palestine march in central London. Marieha Hussain was arrested and charged after being photographed holding the placard depicting the former prime minister and home secretary, who are both British Asians, at a protest against the war in Gaza in November.
