Overview
- Three Supreme Court justices granted co‑founder Huda Ammori permission to appeal on a narrow ground that questions whether the then‑Home Secretary applied proscription policy correctly; the court ordered an expedited hearing for the autumn term.
- Dozens of supporters were arrested outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, with the Metropolitan Police reporting 77 arrests mostly for publicly expressing support for the proscribed organisation.
- All cases linked to Palestine Action were adjourned and the courts moved administrative listings to October 26 pending the Supreme Court outcome, pausing thousands of prosecutions under the Terrorism Act.
- The 2025 proscription makes membership or public support a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison and has led to thousands of arrests and over a thousand charges though no proscription convictions have been reported.
- Palestine Action rose through targeted direct actions against firms tied to Israel and a June 2025 break‑in at RAF Brize Norton cited by the government as a trigger for the ban, meaning the Supreme Court ruling will weigh public‑order and national‑security claims against free‑speech and protest rights.