Huda Ammori calls for proscription to be lifted after high court finds it to be very serious interference with protest rights
The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the ban on the group “massively backfired” and called for its proscription to be suspended after the high court found it to be unlawful.
Three senior judges ruled on Friday that the ban was disproportionate and constituted very serious interference with the rights to protest and free speech.
But the proscription order remains in place pending arguments from lawyers for the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, on why it should not be lifted, meaning the fate of more than 2,500 people remains in limbo.
Huda Ammori, who co-founded Palestine Action in 2020 and brought the successful legal challenge, said her lawyers would resist Mahmood’s attempts to retain the ban while the home secretary tried to appeal against the judgment.
