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Home Office Allowed to Appeal Palestine Action Court Ruling
The Home Office seeks to overturn a High Court ruling that declared the ban on Palestine Action unlawful, with the group's proscription remaining in effect pending the appeal.
- On Wednesday, the Home Office won permission to appeal the High Court ruling that quashed Palestine Action's proscription, and judges paused the quashing order pending the appeal.
- The High Court concluded earlier this month that the organisation did not meet the legal test for proscription, which was enacted last summer under the Terrorism Act 2000 by then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
- Thousands of people arrested since the proscription now face uncertain prosecutions, while the ban still criminalises membership or support of Palestine Action, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the government will appeal and was `disappointed` by the ruling; no date has been set, and Huda Ammori vowed on X to keep fighting.
- The February 2026 High Court decision humiliated the Starmer government, with all three judges reportedly having close links to Israel, as legal experts warned the narrow grounds risk being overturned on appeal.
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Breaking: fears of stitch-up as judges say Mahmood can appeal Palestine Action unbanning
Image: the Canary, by JustBarold. On 13 February, three High Court judges humiliated the Starmer government by declaring the regime’s terrorist ban on anti-genocide group Palestine Action unlawful. However, the judges allowed the Home Office time to prepare arguments for an appeal against the finding — and the very narrow grounds on which the judges declared the ban unlawful made legal experts fearful that the judgment was constructed to be over…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right5Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
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- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 31%
C 31%
R 38%
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