Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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8%
2 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
67/100
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Cotte had denied that her comments were about Hamas, saying she had been supporting “the right to resist”.
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she → deny → right
Following a week-long retrial, Cotte, from Camden, north London, was found not guilty of expressing support for a proscribed organisation.
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Cotte → follow → organisation
At an earlier trial, she was found not guilty of a second charge of expressing support for Hamas on a WhatsApp group.
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she → find → group
Throughout her first trial in the summer and subsequent retrial in September, pro-Palestine activists had staged vocal protests outside the Old Bailey.
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activists → stag → Bailey
Juror were told that on October 7 2023, an attack was launched on Israel from the Gaza strip, targeting military bases, civilian communities and social events.
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attack → tell → bases
Approximately 1,100 Israelis and 79 foreign nationals were killed, of whom 800 were civilians, at least 282 were women and 36 children.
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282 → kill → whom
In addition, 251 people were taken hostage, the court heard.
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court → take → addition
At the time, Cotte had been a 19-year-old student reading politics, philosophy and economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas), which is part of the University of London.
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which → read → London
On October 9 2023, she gave a speech to a rally of between 60-70 people outside Soas in which she expressed “unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian armed resistance”, jurors were told.
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jurors → give → resistance
Using a megaphone, she said Palestinians had “broken free” and were rising “against the Zionist state which has been bleeding Palestine dry for nearly 80 years”.
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which → use → years
At the end of the speech, which was filmed, there were chants of: “Intifada revolution”.
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which → film → revolution
Seven days later, Cotte made a comment to 113 members of a WhatsApp group for the Fight Racism Fight Imperialism (FRFI) society, of which she was a member.
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she → make → which
She had been taking part in a discussion on WhatsApp about the views of left-wing commentator Owen Jones.
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She → take → Jones
During the discussion, Cotte wrote: “The only way for innocent people to stop dying is for the Palestinian Resistance to be victorious.”
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Resistance → write → discussion
Cotte was arrested on January 31 2024, the court heard.
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court → arrest → January
Giving evidence, Cotte denied that she supported Hamas but said thought thought the deaths of civilians on October 7 “could be justified”.
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deaths → give → October
She told jurors: “I think that the killing of civilians is always a tragedy.
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killing → tell → civilians
At the same time, I don’t think it is a surprise.
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it → think → time
“I think saying it is understandable and agreeing with it is two different things, so I think it is understandable and could be justified.”
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it → think → it
She added: “I don’t think it’s my role to impose conditions on the Palestinian people and their struggle.
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it → add → people
“I don’t support Hamas and I have never supported Hamas.
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I → support → Hamas
I was supporting the right to resist.”
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I → support → right
The defendant claimed that fellow Soas students would know that when she spoke about Palestinian armed resistance she did not mean Hamas, but accepted she did not know everyone at the rally.
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she → claim → rally
The jury deliberated for less than two hours on Friday to reach its not guilty verdict.
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jury → deliberate → verdict
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