Palestine Action ban clears U.K. parliament ahead of legal challenge

A U.K. authorities determination to prohibition the Palestine Action run radical nether anti-terror laws cleared parliament connected Thursday (July 4, 2025) but faces a tribunal situation to halt the proscription becoming law.

Peers successful parliament's House of Lords precocious enclosure backed the determination to proscribe the radical nether the Terrorism Act of 2000 without a vote, a time aft MPs approved the legislation.

The authorities announced it would prohibition Palestine Action aft activists from the radical broke into an aerial unit base successful confederate England past week.

Two craft astatine the basal were sprayed with reddish overgarment causing an estimated £7 cardinal ($9.55 million) successful damage.

The radical has condemned the projected proscription arsenic an "unhinged reaction". An urgent proceeding to situation the prohibition is acceptable to beryllium held astatine the High Court successful London connected Friday.

The ineligible situation is backed by Amnesty International and different rights groups.

The projected prohibition connected Palestine Action would marque it a transgression offence to beryllium to oregon enactment the group, punishable by up to 14 years successful prison.

Announcing the clamp-down, Interior Minister Yvette Cooper listed different attacks by Palestine Action astatine the Thales defence mill successful Glasgow successful 2022, and 2 past twelvemonth against Instro Precision successful Kent, southeast England, and Israel-based Elbit Systems successful Bristol, successful the country's southwest.

Thursday's support by the Lords came arsenic 4 Palestine Action activists were remanded successful custody implicit the interruption in.

Counter-terror constabulary connected Wednesday charged the 4 suspects with "conspiracy to participate a prohibited spot knowingly for a intent prejudicial to the information oregon interests of the United Kingdom, and conspiracy to perpetrate transgression damage."

Prosecutors volition reason the offences were terror-linked.

Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, Jony Cink, 24, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22, appeared astatine London's Westminster Magistrates' Court.

They were remanded successful custody until their adjacent quality astatine London's Old Bailey transgression tribunal connected July 18.

A 41-year-old pistillate who was arrested "on suspicion of assisting an offender" has been released connected bail.