The home secretary wrote that ‘lawful protest is a fundamental right but violent criminality is not’
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The home secretary wrote that ‘lawful protest is a fundamental right but violent criminality is not’
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Home secretary Yvette Cooper has labelled Palestine Action more than “a regular protest group” as she defended the group’s proscription as a terrorist organisation.
‘I would say to people, this is not a non violent organisation,’ the home secretary warned ahead of a mass planned protest
She writes in the Observer that the group is more than "a regular protest group known for occasional stunts".
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe Palestine Action, following the group’s vandalism of two planes at an RAF…
Home Secretary says organisation is not a ‘regular protest group’ and there was ‘disturbing information’ about possible future…
Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe the group, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action.
Defending the group's proscription under terror law, she said the organisation was "not a non-violent organisation".
