Overview
- The Metropolitan Police detained the 31-year-old at a South Gloucestershire address on Tuesday and, after interview, she was released on bail as the investigation continues.
- Officers cited suspected offences of misusing a public communications network, sending malicious communications and stirring up racial hatred under the Malicious Communications Act and Communications Act.
- An arresting officer said the case involves a July 21 speech outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that allegedly called for the eradication of Israel and implied support for armed resistance including groups such as Hamas, plus October 7 posts said to back Hamas’s attacks.
- In video of the arrest, Aladwan accuses police of acting for an "Israeli Jewish lobby" and claims the timing was intended to precede her tribunal appearance.
- The GMC’s fitness-to-practise investigation is ongoing, an MPTS hearing is scheduled for Thursday after an earlier decision allowed her to keep working, the Campaign Against Antisemitism has lodged complaints, and reported posts include calling the Royal Free Hospital a "Jewish supremacy cesspit."