Overview

• Sally Rooney wrote in an Irish Times op-ed that she will direct proceeds from BBC adaptations of Normal People and Conversations with Friends to Palestine Action.
• Legal experts say her pledge could expose her to arrest if she enters Britain because funding or endorsing a banned group is a criminal offence under UK law.
• Palestine Action was proscribed in July after activists breached an RAF base in Oxfordshire and spray‑painted two aircraft.
• More than 700 people have been arrested since the ban, including hundreds detained at a recent Parliament Square protest for displays referencing the group.
• The UN Human Rights Office has criticised the proscription, warning that applying counterterrorism law in this way risks chilling lawful expression and protest.