Overview

• Sally Rooney announced in the Irish Times that she will direct proceeds from her UK book sales and BBC adaptation royalties to Palestine Action.
• Downing Street’s formal warning emphasises that aiding a proscribed organisation breaches the Terrorism Act and carries potential prison sentences.
• The Metropolitan Police have detained over 700 supporters under Section 13 since the proscription took effect in early July.
• Palestine Action and co-founder Huda Ammori secured permission for a High Court judicial review of the ban, scheduled for the autumn term.
• Defend Our Juries is organising a 1,000-strong sit-in on September 6 to challenge the proscription and test police enforcement capacity.