Marieha Hussein attended a London march against the war in Gaza carrying a sign depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts
Marieha Hussain, 37, pleaded not guilty as her trial began at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday morning. Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan said the term “coconut” was a “well-known racial slur which has a very clear meaning”.
He said the term “coconut” was a “well-known racial slur which has a very clear meaning” to the effect that “you may be brown on the outside, but you’re white on the inside. In other words, you’re a race traitor – you’re less brown or black than you should be.” Earlier this week, the former prime minister and home secretary were criticised in an official report“What she is saying is Suella Braverman – then home secretary, sacked two days after – was promoting in different ways a racist political agenda, as evidenced by the Rwanda policy, the racist rhetoric she was using around small boats,” said Menon.
“At no stage did anyone on the march suggest that the posters were an expression of hate to anyone in society.”
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