LONDON: The co-founder of a pro-Palestinian campaign group on Wednesday won her bid to bring a legal challenge against the British government’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, asked London’s High Court to give the go-ahead for a full challenge to the group’s proscription, which was made on the grounds it committed or participated in acts of terrorism. Palestine Action has increasingly targeted Israel-linked companies in Britain, often spraying red paint, blocking entrances or damaging equipment.

A High Court judge in London said that Palestine Action had the right to challenge the British government’s decision to ban it as a terrorist group.

Huda Ammori argued that home secretary’s decision to proscribe group under terrorism laws was ‘abuse of power’