The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla says he has been advised to attend a police interview in relation to a pro-Palestinian protest in January.
Abdalla, who performed Dodi Fayed within the fashionable Netflix sequence, wrote in an Instagram submit that he had obtained a letter from the Metropolitan Police on Thursday.
The 44-year-old stated that others, “including Stephen Kapos, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor”, had additionally obtained letters “summoning” them to interviews.
Abdalla stated it pertains to the Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign protest which happened on Whitehall on 18 January.
The actor, who additionally appeared within the 2024 thriller The Day Of The Jackal, added that it “remains to be seen” if he and the others can be charged.
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He additionally says that the “right to protest” is underneath assault within the UK and it “requires us all to defend it”.
“I will not be making further comment on the 18th January protest for legal reasons”, he wrote.
Abdalla, who was born within the UK to Egyptian dad and mom, has attended a number of pro-Palestinian demonstrations and shared posts on social media calling for Western nations to “stop arming Israel”.
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Khalid Abdalla on the premiere for season six of The Crown. Pic: Reuters
Mr Corbyn, who wrote on social media that he attended to offer a speech and lay flowers for kids killed in Gaza, voluntarily went to a police station within the capital.
The Met Police stated on the day of the demonstration that the “static” protest can be contained on Whitehall.
Nonetheless, the power later accused demonstrators of forcing their method by means of police strains and getting into Trafalgar Sq..
Mr Corbyn disputed the police’s model of occasions and stated police had allowed protesters by means of the road.
The demonstration got here as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage launch deal following the 15-month-long conflict in Gaza.
