The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action under terrorism legislation was unlawful, the High Court has ruled in a humiliating blow for the government that could lead to the collapse of hundreds of criminal prosecutions against supporters of the group.
Huda Ammori, co-founder of the group, celebrated a “monumental victory” on Friday after Justice Victoria Sharp said that the proscription of Palestine Action was “disproportionate”, and that it “did result in a very significant interference with the right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom of assembly”.
