The UK government lost its appeal to block Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori from challenging the group’s ban, with the case now set to reach the High Court.
Palestine Action NL said that its actions honored "resistance fighters and martyrs, recognizing the need for emancipatory violence and struggle against occupying force."
Organizers refused requests by the police and government to call off Saturday's demonstration, which had been announced before the deadly synagogue attack in Manchester, to protest against the banning of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws
Six people face 50 charges in London court for organizing support for the proscribed Palestine Action group, accused of trying to make its ban unenforceable through civil disobedience.
Author Sally Rooney has pledged to donate the proceeds from BBC productions of her novels to Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian activist group designated as a terrorist organization.
Rooney's pledge follows mass arrests at protests against the U.K.'s ban on Palestine Action, which she sees as a suppression of dissent to safeguard British ties with Israel. 'The ramifications for cultural and intellectual life in the U.K. are and will be profound'
Backers of Palestine Action have staged a series of protests across the U.K. since early July, when Parliament outlawed the group and prohibited anyone from publicly showing support for it
The government moved to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws last month after its activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged two planes in protest against what the group said was Britain's support for Israel