Overview
- The Court of Appeal is due to hand down its ruling on Monday, June 15, on the government’s appeal of the High Court finding that the July 5, 2025 proscription was unlawful.
- The July 2025 order classed Palestine Action as a proscribed terrorist organisation and made membership or support a crime punishable by up to 14 years in prison, and the ban remains in force while the appeal proceeds.
- In February the High Court found the proscription unlawful and disproportionate, saying only a small number of the group’s acts reached the level of terrorism and that other, less intrusive measures could have been used.
- Last week a judge at Woolwich Crown Court described a 2024 raid on an Elbit site as a 'terrorist act' and jailed four activists for between about four years and eight months and seven years and eight months, ordering lifetime terrorism records and registration requirements.
- Human rights groups and legal academics warn the label risks chilling legitimate protest and note thousands of arrests and practical burdens such as lifetime police registration of devices and stricter custody rules if the proscription is upheld.