Current Hysteria around Deproscription masks Fundamental Questions of Law and Democracy

Current Hysteria around Deproscription masks Fundamental Questions of Law and Democracy

Head of IHRC Advocacy, Abed Choudhury, takes the current narratives around the case to deproscribe Hamas, as a starting point to unravel the crisis of law and democracy faced if we give credence to the voices currently holding public sway. The crisis around deproscription is twofold: First, the UK’s proscription regime itself is a blunt instrument—applied with political discretion, minimal accountability, and deeply inconsistent logic. Second, t…