Protesters outside HMP & YOI New Hall near Wakefield in support of Francesca Nadin, who has been held on remand for 17 months after taking part in two Palestine Action actions in Shipley and Leeds, January 25, 2025
PALESTINE campaigners demonstrated outside a Yorkshire prison on Saturday in solidarity with an activist who took part in a raid on a Bradford weapons factory which supplies Israel.
Francesca Nadin has been held on remand in HMP New Hall near Wakefield for more than a year without trial after being one of a group of Palestine Action volunteers who damaged a Teledyne Defence and Space factory which makes components for missiles systems.
She also took part in a protest in which a branch of Barclays bank in Leeds was sprayed with red paint.
About 150 people took part in the solidarity protest, which also celebrated Ms Nadin’s 39th birthday.
Palestine Action said: “During the protest speeches were made in solidarity with her and a letter from her was read out to those present where Francesca shared her appreciation and her commitment to the cause for a free Palestine.”
Ms Nadin is due to stand trial in March.
