UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule

[purpletablet]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule

Does this mean people will no longer be arrested for holding up a sign saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”?

I agree it is a factual post.

www.declassifieduk.org/labour-friends-of-israel-reported-to-election-watchdog/

Of course they were never terrorists.
Utterly ridiculous to say they were.

"Terrorism is generally defined as the unlawful use or threat of violence, serious property damage, or disruption of electronic systems, intended to influence a government, intimidate the public, and advance a political, religious, or ideological cause."

Sounds like PA fit the definition pretty well to me.

Interesting...

www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-action-policing-guidance-suggests-protesters-wrongly-arrested/

Yes I do think the British government should be investigating war crimes committed by British citizens in Sudan, Ukraine, Russia and anywhere else, including within Gaza and the West Bank. Whether you like it or not the IDF are undoubtedly committing war crimes and British citizens who are involved with them should be investigated:

Why would you not think this? Would you like this to go investigated? Can’t get my head around this point of view.

How? Who are they to send to arrest foreign citizens on foreign soil against the will of that country's government? What are the supposed to do if local law enforcment or military try to stop them?

Well said
and so pleased the definition of terrorism has not been eroded
Once Governments, such as ours, go out of their way to erode free speech and shut down demonstrations by shouting terrorist it’s a slippery slope

We really didn’t need to go this far to prove that the definition for terrorism had not been met. Anyone who could read could see that
The law has prevailed

Meanwhile
I see the derailings have already started. 🤣🤣 anything to try to overshadow some good news for once

Yet clearly you are wrong

Well the U.K. have done it before to others and with no evidence at all
We Have form

Agree

Prior to today’s result Amnesty International wrote

‘ The arrest of peaceful protestors is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. This can’t go unchallenged.
Police made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK.
It is a violation of the UK’s international obligations.
It is completely disproportionate

Today
The Metropolitan police said it will stop detaining peaceful protestors holding up signs declaring support for Palestine Action

The Crown court prosecution said it is a matter for magistrates and crown courts whether ongoing cases are dropped or adjourned in the interim.

and now more money will be wasted in an appeal to save face

Really? Can you give me an example?

Whats the mechanism by which this 'investigation' takes place?

Are you just going to take every returning Jew aside and ask them if they committed a war crime? Or are you going to assume they commited a crime and have them prove their innocence?

Are you then going to pull aside every returning solider on their uk re entry and ask them the same question? Or will it just be Jews you're questioning? Are Jewish people more likely to commit war crimes than other races? Do they deserve special attention?

See how you sound?

The UK government will never prosecute any alleged crimes, as they're just as involved in many crimes against humanity, remember when they assisted the CIA in rendition flights:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/uk-support-cia-rendition-flights

The UK is always there in the background "assisting" for example the reconnaissance flights over Gaza :
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/07/uks-surveillance-flights-over-gaza-raise-questions-on-help-for-israeli-military

Interesting. I didn't know that the RAF was involved in the search for the Israeli hostages trapped in Gaza. Thanks for posting.

It’s all the Jews who control the world. They call it ‘the Zionist Lobby’ these days but it’s the same old trope, just with a different name. 🙄

You mean the hostages Israel killed by bombing the shit out of the place they were being held?

Funny, thats almost exactly how Hamas put it.

Rather more sinister and involved, they've been providing info to the IDF.

Thankfully, it's all being tracked and recorded and there are no statutes of limitations on crimes against humanity.

@purpletablet how does Labour Friends of Israel control the proscribing of terrorist organisations on British soil. Don't think you've explained yet?

Are you party to what information they shared? Because the UK government was very clear in saying they were not sharing info that could be used to prosecute a war in Gaza, but were instead searching for hostages.

Do you know otherwise? Can you share your evidence?

Would you approve of the RAF assisting in the search for missing hostages?

I didn't know that either. Good for them. How could anyone object to supporting looking for the hostages? Apart from the humanity of it, getting them back was key to ending the war.

Am I?

Well if the decision is overturned on appeal, I'll be right and you'll be wrong again.

In the meantime you and the other PA supporters had better hope that no one gets even more seriously hurt or killed in their next stunt.

I just saw a video by Amnesty of outside the court yesterday and seeing all of the elderly 'terrorists' celebrating was just so lovely. So many women who peacefully stood firm for what they believe in, a big well done to them.

Why is it so hard to understand the difference between a terrorist organisation and a supporter of that organisation? If the organisation is proscribed both are illegal.

Agree.

Aircraft tracking might show where something has been, not the why...screen snap shots certainly don't prove intelligence sharing.

Don't forget certain groups lack of knowledge about aircraft and aviation led to an unshakable belief amongst many that the RAF were refuelling Israeli aircraft, something physically impossible, and so probably in some minds justified the sabotage of aircraft at Brize Norton.