Overview

• A High Court judge on July 4 denied Palestine Action’s request for interim relief, allowing the proscription order to take effect at midnight on July 5.
• The Commons approved the amendment 385–26 and the Lords backed it without a vote, proscribing Palestine Action alongside neo-Nazi groups Maniacs Murder Cult and Russian Imperial Movement.
• Under the amended Terrorism Act 2000, membership of or support for a proscribed organisation carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
• United Nations Human Rights Council experts, Labour MPs and civil liberties groups warn the designation risks equating property damage with terrorism and chilling legitimate protest.
• Following the RAF Brize Norton vandalism on June 20, five people were arrested on suspicion of a terror offence and four activists have been charged with entering a prohibited place and causing criminal damage.