Palestine Action might the courts help?
JVL Introduction
Today the government included Palestine Action in this draft statutory instrument proposing its addition to the list of proscribed organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000. Meanwhile human rights and free speech orgaisations as well as Artists for Palestine and many prominent individuals continue to object. “Kellys Solicitors, which represents several Palestine Action activists, says a ban would set a “terrifying precedent” that “constitutes an unlawful, dangerous and ill thought out attack on freedom of expression and assembly”.
A Judge has today granted an urgent hearing for the organisation to try to stop this going ahead; we reproduce this article from the Guardian’s Legal Correspondent who has already written several pieces since the announcement of the ban.
In her submission Huda Ammori, Co-founder of Palestine Action noted: “extensive consultation has taken place with the Israeli government and arms companies … no opportunity has been provided for other groups affected or concerned by the proposal to proscribe Palestine Action, including Liberty, Amnesty International and other civil society organisations”.
Meanwhile the film How to Kill A War Machine about Palestine Action is being downloaded across the world and “Showings of the film have been lined up across Britain in the coming days and weeks – from gatherings in homes through to screenings at cinemas”. Might this lead to further criminalisation under anti-terror laws?
It is also worth noting that today the High Court rejected a challenge to the exporting of UK-made F-35 parts to Israel. (An appeal is likely on this)
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This article was originally published by The Guardian on Mon 30 Jun 2025. Read the original here.
Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect
Co-founder of protest group to be given opportunity to apply for ‘interim relief’ to prevent proscription order
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I bet Labour come unstuck on this.
Do we have “representative Govt”? Do we have a Govt that follows the law? Any such beliefs were lost when Julian Assange was kept in jail for 10 yrs.
At what stage will Red Tories Chicken Out
They are the few, bought and paid for by Israel
Completely at odds with the people of this country and the Rest of the World
In ‘A Question of Sport’ there was a section called ‘What happened next’
This is the Democratic equivalent
Answer
It always ends in tears for the few, unless they have the wit to take their ill gotten gains and run