Asylum seeker denies his headband was pro Hamas

A demonstrator accused of wearing a green headband supporting Hamas as pro-Palestinian protesters marched through London denied he was supporting a terrorist organisation. Illegal immigrant Khaled Hajsaad, 34, claims the accessory just featured an Islamic symbol ‘with no attachment to any proscribed organisation.’ Hajsaad joined around 45,000 campaigners calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the march through central London on 25 November. Wearing a white waterproof coat, Hajsaad appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with wearing…

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