London's Appeals Court on Monday upheld a UK government ban on activist group Palestine Action that has seen thousands of people, from students to an 83-year-old retired vicar, arrested and carried away from protests by police.
The ban, which came into force on July 5, 2025, was imposed under the country's Terrorism Act.
It made membership of or support for the pro-Palestinian protest group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison under the terrorism legislation.
The banning of the group had been challenged by Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori, but the Appeals Court ruled "the proscription decision was not unlawful".
Palestine Action "is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open," said judge Sue Carr, reading the decision.
