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Richard Barnard

Richard Barnard

Palestine Action Co-founder

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UK courts test boundaries of terrorism law against protest groups

Rule Changes

Facing terrorism-related charges

On February 13, 2026, Britain's High Court ruled the government acted illegally when it banned Palestine Action as a terrorist organization—the first to overturn a UK terrorism proscription. The three-judge panel said the group's tactics of breaking into factories and damaging military aircraft were criminal but did not meet the terrorism threshold, calling into question more than 2,700 arrests and 250 charges under the Terrorism Act.

Updated May 29