Palestine Action mounts last-ditch High Court challenge to 'authoritarian' terror ban - Palestine Action is inspired by ‘suffragettes, anti-apartheid activists, and Iraq war activists’, its co-founder

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.

Banning Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was considered by the Government months before the break-in at RAF Brize Norton, the High Court has heard. Huda Ammori, the group’s co-founder, has sought to bring a legal challenge against the Home Office because of Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000.