Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told
Summary
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori is challenging the UK government’s decision to ban the group as a terrorist organisation. At a Supreme Court hearing, her lawyer argued the ban was disproportionate and compared the group’s tactics with those used by suffragettes and other protest movements; the government defended the ban as lawful and proportionate.Key Facts
- Ammori is appealing a Court of Appeal decision that upheld the proscription of Palestine Action.
- Her lawyer, Raza Husain KC, told five Supreme Court judges that the group had not advocated violence against people.
- Husain argued that suffragettes, anti-war groups, environmental groups and animal rights protesters had used similar or more extreme tactics without being proscribed.
- Ammori argues that the ban interferes disproportionately with freedom of speech and protest.
- The government’s lawyer, Sir James Eadie KC, cited convictions of four people, including one for grievous bodily harm, and a finding of a terrorist connection in a factory raid case.
- Eadie said the ban does not prevent public support for the Palestinian cause or demonstrations against Israel or Elbit Systems.
- At least 25 people were arrested during a protest outside the Supreme Court in London.
- The hearing was due to conclude on Thursday, with the court’s judgment expected later.
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