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A London woman was acquitted of racially aggravated public order on Friday after displaying a placard depicting former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman \- both of South Asian heritage – as coconuts in a trial that has brought the issues of free speech and satire to national prominence. Marieha Hussain, 37, was charged by police after carrying a satirical placard at a protest against the Gaza war last year, a reference to a term that suggests some people who appear brown on the outside are ‘white’ on the inside. Hussain, who is also almost nine months pregnant, …

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