UK Ban on Palestine Action Group Was Unlawful, Judges Rule
A protester is carried away by police officers during a demonstration in support of Palestine Action, in London, last September.
Photographer: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
A British government ban on Palestine Action under anti-terror laws was unlawful, London judges ruled, throwing hundreds of prosecutions against supporters of the group into doubt.
The High Court moved to quash the UK ban on Friday, declaring it “disproportionate,” in an embarrassing reversal for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government. The judges declared that Palestine Action would remain proscribed as a terrorist organization “until further order of the court,” giving the government time to appeal.