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

Ban on Palestine Action was lawful, court of appeal rules

Police officers carry an older, handcuffed man into a police van
A man being arrested during a protest outside Woolwich crown court on Friday, where four Palestine Action activists were jailed. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

The home secretary’s decision to ban Palestine Action was lawful, the court of appeal has ruled.

A five-strong panel, including the two most senior judges in England and Wales, overturned February’s decision of the high court that the proscription of the direct action group, the first to be banned under the Terrorism Act, was wrong.

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