07/05/2025
*Meet the Families of the Filton18*
*Date:* Sat 10th May
*Time:* 4:30 PM
*Venue:* Islamic Culture Education Centre
73/75 Falcon Road, Battersea, London SW11 2PF
Free Entry
*Guest Speakers:*
Families of the Filton18 | Shaykh Suliman Gani | Imam Aadil | Asim Qureshi |
*For more info:* [email protected]
*Who are the Filton 18?*
In August 2024, eighteen Actionists drove a modified prison van into Elbit’s research, development, and manufacturing hub in Filton, Bristol. Once inside, the six dismantled Israeli weapons, including the same model of quadcopter drones used by the Israeli military to mimic the sounds of women and children crying, to lure Palestinians and kill them. The action allegedly cost Israel’s largest weapons firm over £1million in damage.
After the six were arrested at the scene, four more were rounded up by armed counter-terrorism police, in different parts of the country. All were remanded in prison. Whilst under arrest, each of the 10 were detained without charge for approximately a week and interrogated repeatedly under the Terrorism Act. Displaying the clear abuse of such powers, each was eventually charged with non-terror offences.
In November, there were further raids, with anti-terror laws once again being misused, and 8 more activists subsequently remanded in custody, in relation to the same Filton action, taking the total to 18.
*7 of the Filton 18 are Muslim - Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zahra Farooque, Kamran Ahmed, Huba Muraisi, Q, Teuta Hoxa and Sean Middlebrough*
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