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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Swansea mother ‘traumatised’ by arrest under Terrorism Act

Emma Kamio in her home
Emma Kamio said her story could happen to anyone, due to ‘overpolicing and repression’ in the UK. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/The Guardian

A Swansea woman has said she was left traumatised after being arrested under the Terrorism Act and held incommunicado for five days because her daughter was allegedly involved in an action against an Israeli arms company.

Emma Kamio, 57, who runs her own homeopathy and pilates business, was led away in handcuffs from her home in front of her son and neighbours and had three laptops and mobile phones seized, after a Palestine Action protest at an Elbit Systems UK building near Patchway on the outskirts of Bristol.

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