Palestine Action co-founder legal challenge can proceed

PALESTINE Action's co-founder can proceed with a legal challenge against the Government over the group's ban as a terror organisation, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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Huda Ammori is taking legal action against former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's decision to proscribe the group under anti-terror laws.

The ban, which began on July 5, made membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Mr Justice Chamberlain later cleared Ms Ammori to proceed with a challenge over the ban after finding that two arguments put forward on her behalf were "reasonably arguable".

In September, the Home Office brought a challenge against this decision to the Court of Appeal.