Yvette Cooper vows to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws | Protest
By: Haroon Siddique and Geneva Abdul | Published: 2025-06-23 16:03:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The home secretary has said she will ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, ignoring a warning from the group’s solicitors that the proposal was “unlawful, dangerous and ill thought out”.
In a statement to parliament on Monday, three days after activists from the group broke into RAF Brize Norton, Yvette Cooper said a draft proscription order would be laid in parliament on 30 June. If passed, it would make it illegal to be a member of, or invite support for, Palestine Action.
The group, founded in 2020, says it aims to prevent the commission of genocide and war crimes in Palestine and to expose and target property and premises connected to such crimes against humanity.
Many of its activists have been acquitted by juries in the past and a letter from Kellys Solicitors, which…
