Court rules Palestine Action unlawful

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dag

@davidallengreen.bsky.social

Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule

Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM

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George Monbiot

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM

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Mark Elliott

@profmarkelliott.bsky.social

The High Court has held that the decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful. This post explains the court's reasoning and discusses some potential weaknesses in it (bearing in mind the government has said it will appeal).
publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/02/13/t...

The High Court’s judgment in the Palestine Action case

The High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful, holding that the decision contravenes the government’s own policy on…

publiclawforeveryone.com

February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

More on the High Court ruling that the proscription of Palestine Action is unlawful - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates

Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM

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dag

@davidallengreen.bsky.social

NEW

The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful.

What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next.

Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What next?

This is a big judgment. But not everything has changed

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM

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FinTwitter

@fintwitter.bsky.social

UK DECISION TO BAN PALESTINE ACTION AS TERROR GROUP UNLAWFUL, LONDON'S HIGH COURT RULES

February 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM

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dag

@davidallengreen.bsky.social

NEW

What the Palestine Action judgment means - and what it does not mean

How the High Court ruled against the government, but not with enthusiasm

By me: emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

(A follow up to my Prospect post this morning.)

What the Palestine Action judgment means - and what it does not mean

The High Court rules against the government, but not with enthusiasm

emptycity.substack.com

February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM

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James Ball

@jamesrball.com

Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.

It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.

"Palestine Action’s campaign and pursuit of criminal damage is designed to intimidate the persons and businesses targeted so they end their commercial relationships with Elbit. Palestine Action is not engaged in any exercise of persuasion, or at least not the type of persuasion that is consistent with democratic values and the rule of law."

February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM

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The Associated Press

@apnews.com

BREAKING: Britain’s High Court rules that the government’s decision to outlawed the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was unlawful.

Britain's High Court says it was illegal to outlaw protest group Palestine Action

Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to outlawed the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was unlawful.

bit.ly

February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM

by Colin Harvey

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Colin Harvey

@cjharvey1.bsky.social

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule

Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM

Reposted by Martin O’Neill, Laura McAtackney

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Caroline Lucas

@carolinelucas.bsky.social

BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity

February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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Jolyon Maugham KC

@goodlawproject.org

“Palestine Action is the first civil disobedience organisation that does not advocate for violence to be proscribed by the British Government as a ‘terrorist’ group, in a Trumpian abuse of power which would have seen this Labour Government proscribe the Suffragettes": Ammori.

February 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM

by Patrick Dunleavy

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Patrick Dunleavy

@patrickdunleavy.bsky.social

Tremendous! news.sky.com/story/palest...

Palestine Action wins High Court challenge over group's ban as terrorist organisation

Palestine Action's co-founder has won a legal challenge over the group's ban as a terrorist organisation on two grounds.

news.sky.com

February 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM

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