{"id":353223,"date":"2026-06-17T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-palestine-actions-losses-in-court-tell-us-about-the-threat-to-protest-in-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:00:31","slug":"what-palestine-actions-losses-in-court-tell-us-about-the-threat-to-protest-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-palestine-actions-losses-in-court-tell-us-about-the-threat-to-protest-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"What Palestine Action&#8217;s losses in court tell us about the threat to protest in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/E1_aRW9XgaA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What Palestine Action's losses in court tell us about the threat to protest in the UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1_aRW9XgaA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one of the things we cherish in this country is the freedom to protest. And I think anything that has an effect on that is concerning,\u201d said Guardian legal correspondent Haroon Siddique.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>In an unprecedented move on Friday, a judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists as terrorists, over the 2024 break-in at an Israeli arms manufacturer\u2019s UK site, despite the jury \u2013 who found the activists guilty of criminal damage \u2013 not being informed that this might happen. One activist was additionally convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent for striking a police officer, although this charge did not factor into the ruling on the terrorism connection, which was solely based on criminal damage charge.<\/p>\n<p>Rajiv Menon KC, the leading defence barrister in the case, had told the trial judge, Mr Justice Johnson, that it was unprecedented for the prosecution to apply for a judge to sentence a defendant as a terrorist for a non-violent offence. Menon said it was \u201can invitation to chilling, creeping authoritarianism that undermines the very fabric of our society\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Monday, the court of appeal sided with the government that the ban on Palestine Action is lawful, overturning February\u2019s decision of the high court that the proscription of the direct action group, the first to be banned under the Terrorism Act, was wrong. The judges in February said that the consequence of proscription was \u201ca very significant interference\u201d with the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.<\/p>\n<p>These two major defeats in court for Palestine Action have raised concerns about the implications to the right to protest in the UK \u2013 something groups like Amnesty warn have already been backsliding.<\/p>\n<p>#palestineaction #righttoprotest #uk #protests #palestine #israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think one of the things we cherish in this country is the freedom to protest. And I think anything that has an effect on that is concerning,\u201d said Guardian legal correspondent Haroon Siddique. 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