UK Court Rules Palestine Action Ban “Unlawful”
Co-founder Huda Ammori successfully challenged the proscription during London High Court proceedings, where judges determined the group's classification under anti-terrorism statutes exceeded lawful authority.
"The High Court ruled the Palestine Action ban is unlawful as it is disproportionate to free speech and the Home Secretary breached her own policy," Ammori announced on X.
"The court ordered the ban be quashed. Details of lifting the ban will be decided and completed at a later date."
The tribunal found the prohibition "disproportionate" based on insufficient evidence, stating in its published summary that "the nature and scale of its activities falling within the definition of terrorism had not yet reached the level, scale and persistence to warrant proscription."
Palestine Action will remain temporarily banned pending additional legal proceedings.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed to appeal the ruling, defending the July 2025 proscription as the product of rigorous analysis that received parliamentary endorsement.
"I am disappointed by the Court's decision and disagree with the notion that banning this terrorist organisation is disproportionate," she posted on X, emphasizing the designation "followed a rigorous and evidence-based decision-making process."
The group faced prohibition under the Terrorism Act after activists infiltrated a Royal Air Force installation and vandalized two aircraft with spray paint, inflicting £7 million ($9.44 million) in damages, according to law enforcement. Hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators have been detained across the UK since the ban took effect.
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn hailed the verdict as an "enormous victory for the Palestinian solidarity movement, for civil liberties and for our common humanity."
"The real crime is this government's complicity in genocide - and we will not rest until we have justice for the Palestinian people," he added, referencing Israel's military operations in Gaza that have killed over 71,000 people across two years and left the territory requiring extensive reconstruction.
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