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

Judge grants Palestine Action urgent hearing to try to stop ban taking effect

people hold signs saying 'we are all Palestine Action'
The proscription order would make being a member of Palestine Action a criminal offence carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail. Photograph: Cameron Scott/Zuma Press/Shutterstock

Palestine Action has been granted an urgent high court hearing on Friday to try to prevent a banning order against it from coming into effect.

An order was laid before parliament on Monday that would proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation, making being a member of or inviting support for Palestine Action a criminal offence carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail.

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