Letter of the Week: The Absurdity of the Palestine Action Ban

Letter of the week: The absurdity of the Palestine Action ban

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Fight the Proscription of Palestine Action

I have started legal action in Scotland against the UK government over the proscription of Palestine Action, in coordination with Huda Ammori and her team in England. The petition has been accepted by the Court and served on the Solicitor General. They now have 16 remaining days to respond. The rationale is well explained in this article by Gabriel McKay from The Herald newspaper: “A former British diplomat has filed a legal challenge seeking a …

The ban on Palestine Action: what comes next? - The Gryphon

In July of this year, the UK government’s decision to proscribe the direct-action network, Palestine Action,  as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Act 2000 became a watershed moment for the Labour administration. It marked a rare moment in which a protest group with no history of armed action, let alone fatalities, was placed into the same category as militarised terrorist organisations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda. In the subsequent months, th…