FILE: UK terror ban on pro-Palestine group unlawful, court rules after appeal

Record ID: 2342870

  • Title: FILE: UK terror ban on pro-Palestine group unlawful, court rules after appeal
  • Date: 13th February 2026
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JUNE 23, 2025) (REUTERS) BANNER READING (English): "WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION" PROTESTERS PLAYING DRUMS PROTESTERS CHANTING (English): "We are all Palestine Action" BANNER READING (English): "HANDS OFF PALESTINE ACTION" POLICE AT SCENE OF PROTEST LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 4, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTE
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  • Keywords: BRITAIN COURT ISRAEL PALESTINE ACTION PALESTINIANS PROTEST UK
  • Location: LONDON AND CARTERTON ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON AND CARTERTON ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA002522313022026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The British government's ban on pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful, London's High Court ruled on Friday (February 13) after a legal challenge by the group's co-founder.
    Palestine Action was proscribed in July, having increasingly targeted Israel-linked defense companies – particularly Elbit Systems – in Britain with "direct action," often blocking entrances, or spraying red paint.
    The ban had put Palestine Action on a par with Islamic State or al Qaeda and made it a crime to be a member, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
    Lawyers representing Huda Ammori, who co-founded Palestine Action in 2020, argued at a hearing last year that the move was an authoritarian restriction on the right to protest.
    The High Court upheld two grounds of challenge, including that the ban was a disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
    Judge Victoria Sharp said, however, that the ban would remain in place to give the Ammori and the Home Office's lawyers time to address the court on whether the ban should be lifted pending any appeal.
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