A B.C. lady who was recorded praising Hamas as “heroic and courageous” can return to protest rallies, authorities confirmed this week.
Charlotte Kates was arrested following an indication exterior the Vancouver Artwork Gallery again in April, the place movies additionally confirmed her taking part in a chant of “Lengthy stay Oct. 7,” celebrating the Hamas assaults on Israel.
One in every of her launch situations was that she not attend any “protests, rallies or assemblies” pending a court docket date scheduled in Vancouver on Tuesday.
The B.C. Prosecution Service instructed CTV Information the situations have since expired, as fees haven’t been laid towards Kates.
Following her preliminary arrest, the Vancouver Police Division stated investigators had been working to find out whether or not any of the remarks made on the rally might represent a hate crime.
Hamas is taken into account a terrorist group by Canada and plenty of different nations around the globe. The group’s Oct. 7 assaults killed round 1,200 folks, largely Israeli civilians, and set off Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza. Greater than 42,000 Palestinians have died since, in accordance with the Gaza Well being Ministry.
Sgt. Steve Addison confirmed the investigation into Kates has been accomplished, and {that a} file was forwarded to the Crown for the consideration of fees.
“This course of is ongoing, and I’m unable to supply a timeline for completion,” a BCPS spokesperson stated in an electronic mail Tuesday.
“The BCPS could have no remark whereas the matter continues to be within the cost evaluation course of.”
Again in August, Kates appeared on Iranian state tv to debate her arrest. She was reportedly in Tehran to just accept an Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Award.
With information from CTV Information Vancouver’s Kraig Krause
