Palestine Action in court
On Friday, in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin), three judges in the Administrative Division of the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp P presiding, declared unanimously that the proscription of Palestine Action – under which many people protesting out of religious conviction, including clergy of various denominaitions, have been arrested and charged – had resulted in a very significant interference with their rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly and was therefore discriminatory. Continue reading