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

Palestine Action lawyers accuse Yvette Cooper of ‘cynical media campaign’

Yvette Cooper
Lawyers said Yvette Cooper’s media campaign ‘reflects a fundamental lack of respect for court proceedings’. Photograph: Colin McPherson

Lawyers for a co-founder of Palestine Action have accused the home secretary of running a “cynical media campaign” which breaches her duty to the court in proceedings challenging the group’s proscription.

In a letter sent to the government’s legal department on behalf of Huda Ammori, who has been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to ban the group under the Terrorism Act, her lawyers say Yvette Cooper’s public statements are not backed by her disclosures at the high court.

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