Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules

The Home Office had challenged a High Court ruling that the group's proscription should be quashed.

U.K. Ban on Pro-Palestinian Protest Group Is Lawful, Court of Appeal Rules

The decision overturned a lower-court ruling that found that banning Palestine Action as a terrorist group had breached free speech rights.

By Stephen Castle

Palestine Action ban upheld by appeals court

Judges say group’s ‘whole premise’ is to cause damage to Elbit Systems and other companies trading in the UK

Arrested protesters devastated after appeal court rules ban on Palestine Action is lawful

Proscription of direct action group has led to more than 700 people being charged under Terrorism Act Protesters arrested for allegedly supporting Palestine Action have expressed anger at the court of appeal’s decision that the ban on the direct action group was lawful. On Monday, five judges overturned the high court’s February ruling that proscription was unlawful, meaning that more than 3,000 people who have been arrested under the Terrorism Act since proscription, more than 700 of whom ha...

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UK Court upholds ban on Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ group

UK Court upholds ban on Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ group

More than 100 arrested in London as court upholds Palestine Action ban

Protesters were seen being carried away by police officers

By Ellie Crabbe

UK court upholds Britain's ban on Palestine Action group

The British government’s decision to ban the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is lawful because of its support for violence, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday. Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel-linked defence companies in Britain, with a particular focus on Israel’s largest defence firm Elbit Systems, was proscribed under terrorism laws last year. London’s High Court ruled in February, after a legal challenge by the grou...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

Ban on British-designated terror org. Palestine Action is lawful, rules UK court of appeal

Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel‑linked defense companies in Britain with a particular focus on Israel's largest defense firm, Elbit Systems.

UK court upholds government's ban on Palestine Action

A British appeals court on Monday upheld the government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, dealing a setback to the pro-Palestinian activist group...