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UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
UK News•February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PMNational

UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appealJudges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo.The high court said on Friday the government’s proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful” and that most of their activities had not reached the level, scale and persistence to be defined as terrorism. Continue reading...

Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal

Judges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo.

The high court said on Friday the government’s proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful” and that most of their activities had not reached the level, scale and persistence to be defined as terrorism.

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