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Netpol
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Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

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4017xan.bsky.social
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I feared the Government would win after they changed the one judge who was hearing the case to three, one of whom had Zionist connections. I fear the next judgement will be more satisfactory to them. The ECHR was invoked in this case: I hope the govt. don’t start work on pulling the UK out.

Netpol
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The proscription order remains in place pending an appeal. Until further legal proceedings are complete, it remains a criminal offence to support or promote Palestine Action.

Netpol
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Today's decision is, however a massive vindication of all those who argued the ban was a deliberate attempt to silence and criminalise the dissenting voices of campaigners trying to save lives by shutting down the suppliers of Israeli genocide.

Netpol
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May Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former Home Secretary, be remembered always as the politician who imposed the ban at the behest of Britain's powerful weapons industry, so it could continue to profit from the deliberate massacre of the people of Gaza

Leg Spinner🏏
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"The judges, however, ruled the ban remains in place until the next hearing, with the government confirming that it will appeal. So, while Palestine Action has successfully challenged the ban, expressing support for it or taking part in its activities remains a serious criminal offence."