{"id":239743,"date":"2025-07-05T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239743\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:26:12","slug":"uks-palestine-action-ban-to-go-ahead-as-legal-bid-fails-5pillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239743\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s Palestine Action ban to go ahead as legal bid fails \u2013 5Pillars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Credit: Palestine Action<\/p>\n

The direct action group Palestine Action will officially be designated a terrorist organisation in the United Kingdom within hours, following the High Court\u2019s rejection of the group\u2019s application for interim relief. The pro-Palestinian group is seeking an urgent appeal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The direct action group will now become the first of its kind to ever be designated under the Terrorism Act amid widespread criticism and concern.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action will now be placed in the same category as Islamic State, al-Qaida and the far-right group National Action.<\/p>\n

British lawmakers voted Wednesday in favour of banning the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation despite widespread criticism.<\/p>\n

The draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 and proscribe three organisations, including Palestine Action, which was formally presented by Labour\u2019s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper earlier this week, was passed in the House of Commons by 385 votes to 26.<\/p>\n

Being a member of, or showing support for, Palestine Action will be a criminal offence from 00:01\u00a05 July 2025.<\/p>\n

According the the groups X account Palestine Action is seeking an urgent appeal to prevent a \u201cdystopian nightmare which criminalises thousands of people overnight.\u201d
UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on the UK to abandon its plans, warning that classifying Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation would violate international norms.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are concerned at the unjustified labelling of a political protest movement as terrorist,\u201d the UN special rapporteurs said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

They noted that under international law, terrorism must involve criminal acts intended to cause death, serious injury or hostage taking \u2014 not property damage alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cActs of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure, should not be treated as terrorism,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper justified the move by claiming the group had caused property damage at military and arms facilities for political purposes, which she said meets the legal threshold for terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cBritain will always take the action needed to defend our democracy and national security,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The group has created major headlines in recent years for its relentless campaign of direct action against UK-based Israel-linked arms manufacturers.<\/p>\n

The groups activists film themselves breaking into properties belonging to arms dealers, damaging products, spraying blood red paint on the walls and waving Palestinian flags.<\/p>\n

Palestine Action have been credited with causing millions of pounds worth of damage to the industry.<\/p>\n

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