Palestine Action cofounder Ammori after High Court win: UK ban ‘backfired’
Al Jazeera
Huda Ammori celebrates ‘victory for Palestine’ as top court rules proscription as a ‘terror’ organisation was unlawful.
London, United Kingdom – The United Kingdom’s ban on Palestine Action has “backfired”, its cofounder said, after the High Court ruled that proscribing the group as a “terror” organisation was unlawful.
Critics from the United Nations human rights chief to the Irish author Sally Rooney decried the UK’s ban last June as an illiberal overreach, since it put Palestine Action on par with ISIL (ISIS), al-Qaeda and dangerous far-right organisations.
On Friday, High Court judges dealt a massive blow to the government of Labour leader Keir Starmer, saying, “The decision to proscribe Palestine Action was disproportionate.”
“Today is a victory for Palestine,” Palestine Action cofounder Huda Ammori told Al Jazeera. The ban has “backfired on [the government] massively. They’ve made Palestine Action a household name.
“They have spread the message and the power that ordinary people have to shut down weapons factories across the country and across the world. So for that, I thank them.”
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