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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alicja Hagopian

‘Unprecedented’ number of terror charges since Labour’s Palestine Action ban

The number of people charged with supporting Palestine Action has reached unprecedented levels in just two months, quadrupling levels seen in the two decades since 9/11.

At least 138 people have been charged under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act – which bans displaying or publishing a sign, flag or clothing in support of a terrorist organisation – since Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist group in July, according to provisional figures from the Crown Prosecution Service.

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