Woman charged with inviting support for proscribed organisation

A woman from Pilning, South Gloucestershire has been charged with multiple counts of inviting support for Hamas and other offences.

Following an investigation by the Met’s Public Order Crime Team, Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, was arrested at home on Thursday morning. She had breached bail conditions imposed following previous arrests.

The 31-year-old has been charged with using words that were threatening, abusive or insulting intending thereby to stir up racial hatred or having regard to all the circumstances was reckless as to whether racial hatred would be stirred up; publishing or distributing written material that was threatening, abusive or insulting intending thereby to stir up racial hatred or having regard to all the circumstances was reckless as to whether racial hatred would be stirred up and four counts of invited support for a proscribed organisation.

Aladwan was remanded in custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 27 March.