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Aidan James in August 2017
A BRITISH man has been found guilty of terrorism after he travelled to Iraq and trained with a left-wing Kurdish militia to fight against Islamic State.
Aidan James, 28, was convicted by an Old Bailey jury yesterday for his involvement with the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 2017.
Mr Justice Edis said the defendant’s conduct was “not intended to promote any acts of terrorism by him.”
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
