Around 25 protesters are arrested outside the Supreme Court as the challenge to the Palestine Action terror ban begins
Former government barrister Tim Crosland is among those arrested at the Supreme CourtHuda Ammori, whose barrister told Supreme Court justices that Palestine Action's objectives were "aligned with, rather than abhorrent to liberal democratic values," as she challenges the group's proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori is challenging last year's decision to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000, which placed it alongside al-Qaida and Boko Haram. Her barrister Raza Husain KC told the five Supreme Court justices that only three of Palestine Action's 385 actions over five years were assessed as meeting the terrorism definition, and that the group never advocated violence against people.
Husain argued Palestine Action's tactics were comparable to — or less extreme than — those of the suffragettes, who carried out arson and bombing yet are now 'venerated'.
Harry Potter actor Alfred Enoch held a sign reading 'this is democracy not terrorism' as other demonstrators were carried away by police.
Separately, four Palestine Action members who hammered a Barclays bank in Burnley while a security guard was trapped inside were yesterday spared jail by a judge.
