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A pro-Palestine protester in the UK who allegedly carried a placard comparing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman to a coconut in November has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence and will appear in court next month. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told The New Arab that Marieha Hussain, 37, had been informed of the decision by post. Hussain denied she had received any written correspondence from the London police force, the broadcaster added. The word ‘coconut’ can be used in a divisive or offensive manner, by suggesting that like the…

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