Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action's co-founder on Friday asked a London court to pause the British government's decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, with her lawyers arguing the move was an "authoritarian abuse" of the law.

Palestine Action is inspired by ‘suffragettes, anti-apartheid activists, and Iraq war activists’, its co-founder has said

MPs backed the move to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation, while some suggested they felt pressured to vote for the legislation