Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told
Terrorism · · UK, United Kingdom
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...
Source: The Guardian World