London, July 6 (RHC)-- Pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action’s cofounder has lost a bid to pause the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, with the group losing an urgent appeal.
Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, asked London’s High Court to stop the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, before a full hearing of her case that banning the group is unlawful later this month.
The High Court refused to pause the ban and, following a late-night hearing, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal against that decision.
Earlier, British lawmakers voted to ban Palestine Action after its activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged two planes in protest against what the group says is Britain’s support for Israel.
Proscription will make it a crime to be a member of Palestine Action, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
Palestine Action has increasingly targeted Israel-linked companies in Britain, often spraying red paint, blocking entrances or damaging equipment. The group accuses the British government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza.
