Palestine Action wins High Court problem over group’s ban as terrorist organisation
Palestine Action’s co-founder has received a authorized problem over the group’s ban as a terrorist organisation on two grounds.
Huda Ammori launched the authorized motion after then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s resolution to proscribe the group, which got here into drive on 5 July final yr.
The legislation change put Palestine Action on the identical authorized footing because the likes of ISIS and al Qaeda, making membership of, or assist for, the group a criminal offense punishable by as much as 14 years in jail.
Even carrying a T-shirt, or carrying an indication, with the group’s title on it could possibly appeal to a most six-month sentence.
At a three-day High Court listening to, Ms Ammori’s legal professionals argued the ban was unprecedented and in contrast Palestine Action to the suffragettes.
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