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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Ban on Palestine Action ‘massively backfired’, says group’s co-founder

Huda Ammori outside smiling with police van in the background
Huda Ammori said her lawyers would resist Shabana Mahmood’s attempts to retain the ban while the home secretary tried to appeal against the judgment. Photograph: Abdullah Bailey/Alamy

The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the ban on the group “massively backfired” and called for its proscription to be suspended after the high court found it to be unlawful.

Three senior judges ruled on Friday that the ban was disproportionate and constituted very serious interference with the rights to protest and free speech.

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