"Police have arrested two women, aged 57 and 54, on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred online, an offence under section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986."
"Ali's Instagram account is set to private but screenshots indicated she had posted an image of an armed man wearing a headband of the banned Islamist group Hamas along with the slogan: Resistance is freedom."
"Another screenshot indicated that Mairey had shared a post which included the text: Ramming a synagogue isn't antisemitism. It's revenge."
"Earlier this month she issued an apology for any offence or distress caused to anyone by my social media posts after the Lambeth Labour group accused her of sharing antisemitic posts that repeat harmful tropes about Jewish people."
Two women, Saiqa Ali and Sabine Mairey, running as Green party candidates in Lambeth council elections, were arrested for allegedly posting antisemitic content online. The Metropolitan police arrested them on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred under the Public Order Act 1986. Concerns about their social media posts led to an investigation. Ali's posts included an image related to Hamas, while Mairey shared a controversial statement about synagogues. Both candidates have been removed from the Lambeth Greens' website amid the inquiry.
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