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Unlike the UK government, which IS a terrorist organistion ( see Iraq, Afghanistan, Ireland, Kenya etc etc etc ) the High Court in London
has ruled that Palestine Action is not...
"..The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group last year was unlawful, a three-judge panel at the High Court has ruled.
In a hearing on Friday, Dame Victoria Sharp, one of the judges, said there had been “very significant interference with the rht to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.”
The court, she said, considered the proscription of the group “disproportionate.”
Despite the ruling, the group will remain proscribed until a further court order because it has “yet to hear argument on whether there should be a stay of any order setting aside the proscription order pending the possibility of appeal,” the judges said.
The judgment is a major blow for former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as well as the Israeli arms companies who lobbied for a crackdown on the group.
It will be a relief for over 2,700 protesters who have been arrested for showing support for the group since the controversial ban.
The ruling comes a week after a jury decided not to convict six Palestine Action members accused of some of the most serious criminal charges leveled against the group.
Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action who challenged the proscription order, said on Friday:
Ammori won on two of the four grounds that she brought in her challenge. The court found that the proscription decision violated rights enshrined in U.K. law, namely freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association with others.
It also upheld her claims that Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group was not consistent with the Home Office’s own policy.
consortiumnews.com
comrade stalin
moscow
has ruled that Palestine Action is not...
"..The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group last year was unlawful, a three-judge panel at the High Court has ruled.
In a hearing on Friday, Dame Victoria Sharp, one of the judges, said there had been “very significant interference with the rht to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.”
The court, she said, considered the proscription of the group “disproportionate.”
Despite the ruling, the group will remain proscribed until a further court order because it has “yet to hear argument on whether there should be a stay of any order setting aside the proscription order pending the possibility of appeal,” the judges said.
The judgment is a major blow for former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as well as the Israeli arms companies who lobbied for a crackdown on the group.
It will be a relief for over 2,700 protesters who have been arrested for showing support for the group since the controversial ban.
The ruling comes a week after a jury decided not to convict six Palestine Action members accused of some of the most serious criminal charges leveled against the group.
Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action who challenged the proscription order, said on Friday:
Ammori won on two of the four grounds that she brought in her challenge. The court found that the proscription decision violated rights enshrined in U.K. law, namely freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association with others.
It also upheld her claims that Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group was not consistent with the Home Office’s own policy.
UK High Court Rules Terrorism Ban on Palestine Action Unlawful
The judgment on Friday is a major blow for former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as well as the Israeli arms companies who lobbied for a crackdown on the group, John McEvoy, Dania Akkad and Martin Williams report. By John McEvoy, Dania Akkad and Martin Williams Declassified UK The Home Offic
consortiumnews.com
comrade stalin
moscow
