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Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told

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The court challenge argues that banning Palestine Action as a terrorist group, despite its tactics being milder than historical suffragettes, unlawfully suppresses free speech and protest rights.

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Lawyers for direct action group say decision to proscribe organisation as terrorist group is attack on freedom of speech and protestPalestine Action was banned as a terrorist group after using tactics similar to - or less extreme than – the suffragettes, the UK’s highest court has heard.Huda Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, is challenging last year’s decision to proscribe the direct action organisation, placing it alongside groups such as al-Qaida and Boko Haram. Continue reading...

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