Palestine Action ban marks Britain as ‘most repressive’ towards anti-genocide protests, international groups say

PALESTINE Action’s ban under terror laws shows Britain has the “most repressive and dangerous response” to civilian protests threatening Israeli arms sales, 18 international organisations said yesterday.
The groups, including Campaign Against Arms Trade, signed a solidarity statement on British state repression on the last day of the judicial review against the Home Office proscription of the direct action group.
But Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori faces a wait to discover whether her legal challenge has been successful.
After a three-day hearing at the High Court in London, which concluded yesterday, the judges hearing the challenge said they would give their decision at a later date.
More than 2,700 people have been arrested at sit-in protests against the banning of the direct action group in July.
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