[Opinion. PA remains proscribed while UK decides whether to appeal. No doubt those establishmentarian dinosaurs will do so. Meanwhile, I'm hoping Britain sees the largest free speech demonstrations ever held! I'll try to post the entire court decision.]

Huda Ammori, founder of Palestine Action:

“This is a monumental victory both for our fundamental freedoms here in Britain and in the struggle for freedom for the Palestinian people, striking down a decision that will forever be remembered as one of the most extreme attacks on free speech in recent British history.

“Palestine Action is the first civil disobedience organisation that does not advocate for violence to be proscribed by the British Government as a ‘terrorist’ group, in a Trumpian abuse of power which would have seen this Labour Government proscribe the Suffragettes.

This ban was unlawful, resulting in the unlawful arrest of nearly 3,000 people - among them priests, vicars, former magistrates and retired doctors – under terrorism laws for simply sitting in silence while holding signs reading:

‘I oppose genocide – I support Palestine Action’.

The high court upheld two grounds of challenge, including that the ban was a disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.

The president of the king’s bench division, Dame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Mr Justice Swift and Mrs Justice Steyn, said that “Palestine Action is an organisation that promotes its political cause through criminality and encouragement of criminality”, but that proscription was still “disproportionate”.

In a 46-page judgment, she said: “A very small number of its actions have amounted to terrorist action within the definition [of the Terrorism Act 2000].”

9 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

This ban was unlawful, resulting in the unlawful arrest of nearly 3,000 people - among them priests, vicars, former magistrates and retired doctors – under terrorism laws for simply sitting in silence while holding signs reading:

A very small glimmer of hope that free speech is not quite dead...despite their best efforts which will no doubt continue.

Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules

The government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror organisation is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

In one of the most significant rulings on national security in recent years, five of the most senior judges in the country overturned an earlier decision from the High Court that the ban had breached the right to protest and had been incorrectly taken by ministers.

But five Court of Appeal judges concluded in a hearing on Monday that the ban had been "justified and proportionate".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy927jx88o

31 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules

The government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror organisation is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

In one of the most significant rulings on national security in recent years, five of the most senior judges in the country overturned an earlier decision from the High Court that the ban had breached the right to protest and had been incorrectly taken by ministers.

But five Court of Appeal judges concluded in a hearing on Monday that the ban had been "justified and proportionate".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy927jx88o

Absolutely the correct decision. Palestine Action are not a peaceful movement, it's a home and breeding ground for extremists who foment social division and antisemitism.

Breaking the back of a policewoman carrying out her duty with a sledgehammer, and damaging military aircraft that are an integral part of the defence of the United Kingdom is not an act of protesting, it is an act of  terrorism, and the Court of Appeal agreed.

Saying that the ruling is an affront to freedom of speech, is a lame and disingenuous deflection; people still have the right to protest in support of Palestine, but not behind the banner of a proscribed terrorist organisation that engages in acts of violence and criminal damage.