UK court to rule on Palestine Action ‘terrorist’ label: What we know
Key takeaways
- Court of Appeals to decide whether government’s proscription of action group was unlawful.
- Palestine Action was formally proscribed by the UK last July.
- The proscription of Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation has been challenged in the High Court, which ruled in February that the ban was unlawful.
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Court of Appeals to decide whether government’s proscription of action group was unlawful.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Police make arrests at the 'Everyone Day' protest in London against the government's proscription of Palestine Action, April 11, 2026 [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]By Sarah Shamim Published On 14 Jun 202614 Jun 2026The United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal is expected to rule on Monday whether the British government was right to proscribe the Palestine Action activist group as a “terrorist” organisation.
Palestine Action was formally proscribed by the UK last July. A court in London ruled earlier this month that four activists convicted of criminal damage at a British facility owned by an Israeli weapons group would be sentenced on the basis that their actions had a “terrorist connection”.