The UK is taking political prisoners to evade accountability for genocide

The use of anti-terror law against Palestine Action is designed to block legal and political scrutiny of the UK’s role in Gaza.

Member of the Governing Council of Law for Palestine.

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In June 2025, the UK government proscribed the UK-based group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. This was not a security decision, but a political one, marking an unprecedented escalation in the criminalisation of Palestine solidarity in the United Kingdom. Palestine Action members have engaged in non-violent direct action aimed at disrupting the UK’s complicity in the Gaza genocide, targeting facilities linked to Israel’s arms industry operating in the UK, including Elbit Systems sites and elements of British military infrastructure.