Britain's High Court ruled Friday that the government's ban on the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action was unlawful, though the ban will remain in place pending an appeal. The court determined that the decision, implemented last July, was disproportionate and violated free speech rights, according to Time.
The ruling, delivered by judges Victoria Sharp, Jonathan Swift, and Karen Steyn, stated that the "nature and scale of Palestine Action's activities" did not meet the criteria for a terrorist organization. The court proposed to "make an order quashing the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe Palestine Action," as reported by Time. The former Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, who now serves as Foreign Secretary, was found not to have followed her own policies when making the decision, according to the same source.
Palestine Action is an organization that promotes its political cause through criminality and encouragement of criminality, according to Time. The court acknowledged that "a very small number of its actions have amounted to terrorist action within the definition at section 1(1) of the 2000 Act," as stated in the ruling.
The court's decision comes amid a complex landscape of international concerns, including ongoing conflicts, as reported by NPR News. The ruling against the government's ban on Palestine Action is one of the key developments, alongside the sentencing of men for a planned ISIS-inspired attack and the imprisonment of a Palestinian journalist, according to the same source. Discussions continue regarding the future governance of Gaza, as well.
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