US EditionUK decision to ban Palestine Action as terror group unlawful, London's High Court rules
The High Court deemed the proscription disproportionate yet it remains pending appeal; over 2,700 supporters have faced arrest under the ban, legal uncertainty continues.
- On Friday the High Court ruled the Home Office ban on Palestine Action unlawful and disproportionate, quashing the proscription but keeping the group proscribed pending appeal with submissions due by February 20.
- The Government cited attacks on defence sites, including a 2024 Elbit Systems raid causing around 1 million pounds of damage and a June break‑in at RAF Brize Norton.
- Judge Victoria Sharp wrote that former home secretary Yvette Cooper breached her own policy and the court found only a very small number of Palestine Action's acts met terrorism criteria, with Huda Ammori winning on two of four grounds in the detailed High Court judgment.
- Police forces will now focus on gathering evidence of support for Palestine Action rather than making arrests, while thirty-two activists are due in court on Monday next week amid doubts over pending prosecutions.
- Human Rights Watch and Liberty called for independent scrutiny and warned the case blurred the line between direct action and terrorism, while John Woodcock, crossbench peer, urged reforms to target sabotage without terror labels.
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The UK High Court ruled on Feb. 13 that the government’s decision to outlaw the Palestine Action group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful. Palestine Action, founded in July 2020, campaigns primarily against companies it says are involved in Israel’s military operations. The group was formally proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July 2025 under the Terrorism Act 2000, making membership or support a criminal offence punishable by up to…
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