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Ofcom urged to clarify if Palestine Action content should still be removed online
PoliticsThe Guardian2d ago

Ofcom urged to clarify if Palestine Action content should still be removed online

Rights groups and experts say situation is unclear as ruling that quashed ban faces challenge from home secretary Human rights organisations, academics and writers have called on Ofcom to clarify what the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful will mean for online platforms pending the home secretary’s appeal against the judgment. The Metropolitan police have said that officers will no longer arrest people at protests who express support for the direct action group. B...

Arrested retirees ‘vindicated’ by ruling against Palestine Action proscription
PoliticsBBCNYTThe Guardian+2The IndependentThe Observer17d ago5 sources

Arrested retirees ‘vindicated’ by ruling against Palestine Action proscription

Protesters welcome high court decision but many remain in legal limbo as government prepares to lodge appeal Retirees making up some of the nearly 3,000 people arrested for supporting Palestine Action since the organisation was proscribed have said they feel “vindicated” by the high court’s decision to overturn the ban this week. However, uncertainty remains over whether their trials under terror laws may still go ahead after the government revealed it plans to appeal against the judgment made on Friday by three of the UK’s most senior judges. Continue reading...

UN missions of 85 countries condemn Israeli West Bank plans
PoliticsAl JazeeraFrance 24seeking-alpha+3protothema-enDaily SabahTehran Times15d ago6 sources

UN missions of 85 countries condemn Israeli West Bank plans

The UN missions of 85 countries on Wednesday condemned a series of Israeli measures designed to tighten control over the West Bank, including in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords, in place since the 1990s. It came as Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.