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Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules
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- Dominic Casciani,Home and legal Correspondentand Amy Walker PA Media.
- Palestine Action has remained banned since that ruling in February to allow for further legal arguments and give the government time to consider an appeal.
- But at a hearing on Monday, five Court of Appeal judges concluding the government's decision to proscribe the group "struck a fair balance".
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Dominic Casciani,Home and legal Correspondentand Amy Walker PA Media. The government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror organisation is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
In one of the most significant rulings on national security in recent years, five of the most senior judges in the country overturned an earlier decision from the High Court that the ban had breached the right to protest and had been incorrectly taken by ministers.
Palestine Action has remained banned since that ruling in February to allow for further legal arguments and give the government time to consider an appeal.
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