Protester caught on film ‘supporting Hamas’ is women’s officer at Sussex University

A student union women’s officer at Sussex University has denied terrorism charges after a video circulated of her apparently backing the Hamas attacks on Israel. Hanin Barghouti, 22, who works for the university’s student union,  allegedly addressed a crowd in Brighton City Centre on 8 October ‘supporting the actions’ of Hamas that had taken place the day before. Prosecutor Bridget Fitzpatrick told Westminster Magistrates Court this morning (Fri) ‘The police were alerted to the defendant’s actions on 11 October when…