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UK Government challenge against Palestine Action ruling to be heard
THE Home Office’s challenge against the High Court ruling that banning Palestine Action as a terror organisation should be quashed is set to be heard on Tuesday at the Court of Appeal. Three judges ruled in February that the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 last year was “disproportionate”, following a legal challenge from the group’s co-founder Huda Ammori. In the ruling, Victoria Sharp, Justice Swift and Justice Steyn said that they “propose to make an order quashing” the ban, but said that it would remain in place pending an appeal by the Home Office. The UK Government announced on the day of the ruling that it would seek to challenge it at the Court of Appeal, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stating that her department must “retain the ability to take action to protect our national security and keep the public safe”. READ MORE: SNP pledge Scottish scholarship scheme for Gaza students if re-elected The appeal before the Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Edis, Lord Justice Lewis and Lady Justice Whipple is set to begin at 10.30am on Tuesday at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. It is expected to conclude on Thursday. The ban, which began on July 5 last year, made membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Thousands of people have been arrested following the proscription, with Ammori’s barrister Raza Husain KC telling the High Court last year that the ban was an “ill-considered, discriminatory, due process-lacking, authoritarian abuse of statutory power”. The Home Office, which had previously lost a bid to stop the challenge from proceeding, defended the challenge, with Sir James Eadie KC telling the court in London that the ban “strikes a fair balance between interference with the rights of the individuals affected and the interests of the community”. In a 46-page ruling, Sharp said that the “core hallmarks of civil disobedience” were “not the hallmarks of Palestine Action’s campaign”. READ MORE: King Charles blasted over US visit and Donald Trump meeting But she continued that only “a very small number” of the group’s actions “amounted to terrorist action”, and that these had “not yet reached the level, scale and persistence” to justify proscription. Sharp also said that Cooper made a “significant” error in using her discretion to ban Palestine Action partly beca...
UK to appeal High Court ruling that granted Palestine Action a victory
The Home Office is challenging top judges who ruled that the proscription of the group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.London, United Kingdom – The United Kingdom is set to appeal the High Court’s landmark ruling that the government’s ban on Palestine Action was illegal.The two-day hearing, which begins on Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in London, comes after top judges described the proscription of the direct-action group as a terrorist organisation as “disproportionate” in February.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Predators’: Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump, as human rights declinelist 2 of 4UK rights groups slam ‘authoritarian’ conviction of pro-Palestine activistslist 3 of 4Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg back Palestine Action before appeal caselist 4 of 4Activists accused of raiding Israeli weapons factory face trial in Germanyend of listThis week’s case marks the latest development in the legal battle between the state and the activist network whose stated mission is to target companies associated with the Israeli military.Since the UK banned Palestine Action last summer, thousands of Britons have participated in a coordinated campaign of civil disobedience, with more than 2,700 people arrested under terror laws for holding up signs reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”Although the government’s case suffered a blow at the High Court, the proscription remained in place amid the appeals process – and it is still illegal to show support for the group.The fate of those arrested remains uncertain.London’s Metropolitan Police announced that it was unlikely to arrest supporters in the aftermath of the High Court ruling, but reversed that policy weeks later.Earlier this month, more than 200 protesters were arrested in central London and last week, celebrities and scholars, including the novelist Sally Rooney, climate activist Greta Thunberg and Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, signed a letter in which they declared support for Palestine Action – a move that also risks arrests.“We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action,” the letter read.Palestine Action was founded in 2020 by Huda Ammori, a Briton of Palestinian and Iraqi descent and former Extinction Rebellion activist Richard Barnard.Several remand prisoners – including those who engaged in a lengthy hunger strike demanding an end to the Palestine Action ban – and activists on bail have alleged that their human rights have been violated because of their alleg...
Over 130 Public Figures Challenge U.K. Ban on Palestine Action Group ...
Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney and Judith Butler are among more than 130 public figures who signed a two-sentence public letter effectively inviting British police to arrest them for backing Palestine Action, days before a U.K. court is set to hear an appeal on the decision to remove the group from the list of proscribed organizations.
Legal intervention by Jewish leaders in Palestine Action case rejected ...
An attempt by leading Jewish organisations to make a legal intervention to support the proscription of Palestine Action (PA) has been rejected by the Court of Appeal, the JC can reveal.
