{"id":3006,"date":"2026-04-29T03:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:54:21","slug":"uk-court-hears-government-appeal-seeking-overturn-of-rulings-that-declared-palestine-action-ban-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/uk-court-hears-government-appeal-seeking-overturn-of-rulings-that-declared-palestine-action-ban-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK court hears government appeal seeking overturn of rulings that declared Palestine Action ban illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a>The Court of Appeal in London opened its hearing into the British government&#8217;s challenge against a ruling that found the ban on Palestine Action unlawful, with proceedings running from Tuesday morning until the afternoon and due to continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case centres on a February Supreme Court judgment which held that the group&#8217;s proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000 was \u201cdisproportionate,\u201d while allowing the ban to remain in place pending appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Home Office is seeking to overturn that rulings, arguing the designation was justified and maintaining that Palestine Action remains a serious security concern. The group was proscribed in July 2025 following an incident in which activists entered a Royal Air Force (RAF) base and damaged military aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appeal was brought after co-founder Huda Ammori challenged the legality of the ban, which she previously described as an unlawful restriction on protest rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s hearing also drew attention to a public letter of support signed by around 1 700 academics, writers and cultural figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was delivered to the court and read aloud during proceedings. It said: \u201cWe oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case remains ongoing, with further submissions expected when the hearing resumes on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many representatives and human rights organisations have expressed concern since the government banned the group. &#8211; AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal in London opened its hearing into the British government&#8217;s challenge against a ruling that found the ban on Palestine Action unlawful, with proceedings running from Tuesday morning until the afternoon and due to continue on Wednesday. The case centres on a February Supreme Court judgment which held that the group&#8217;s proscription [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,170,168],"tags":[425,14,426,15,16,23,208,24,19,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-3006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editors-picks","8":"category-manual-selection","9":"category-world","10":"tag-british-government","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-home-office","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-palestine","15":"tag-trump","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-war-crimes","19":"tag-zionist"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3007,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}