UK ban on Palestine Action is challenged at top court, some protesters arrested
The appeal argues the ban is disproportionate, while police arrested 25 protesters outside the court and more than 4,000 since last July.
- On Wednesday, Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori launched a final legal challenge at the Supreme Court to overturn the Labour government's ban of the group under the Terrorism Act.
- The British government banned the group in 2025 after acts of vandalism targeting Elbit Systems, leading to over 4,000 arrests under the Terrorism Act, according to campaign group Defend Our Juries.
- Barrister Raza Husain KC argued that less than 1% of the group's 385 actions met terrorism definitions, while Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband previously noted the ban inadvertently criminalized "grannies and vicars" for terror offences.
- The Jewish Leadership Council and Community Security Trust intervened, claiming the group targets Jewish charities, while the Jewish Bloc warned the proscription risks conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
- A decision from the Supreme Court is expected at a later date, though Ammori has indicated she will pursue the case to the European Court of Human Rights if unsuccessful.
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British police detained 25 participants in support of the Palestinian pro-Palestinian Palestinian Palestine Action outside the Supreme Court building in London, reported to Sky News. The British police detained 25 people near the court building on suspicion of supporting a banned Palestine Action organization, Sky News reports. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered the legality of the ban on Palestine Action. The protesters held banners wit…
Police in London arrested two dozen people on Wednesday who were demonstrating outside the High Court in support of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action. The court began hearings to disqualify the group, which the British government designated a terrorist organization last year and banned its activities.
The proscription of the group has already given rise to several judicial episodes.
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