Overview

• Sally Rooney wrote in the Irish Times that she will direct UK book proceeds and BBC adaptation residuals to Palestine Action and said she accepts any legal consequences.
• Palestine Action was banned in July after activists admitted breaking into an RAF base and damaging aircraft, with offences linked to proscribed groups carrying penalties of up to 14 years.
• Officials restated that endorsing or funding a banned group is illegal, and police have made more than 700 arrests since the proscription, including mass detentions at a Parliament Square protest.
• Legal experts say Rooney could be detained if she enters Britain or if transactions tied to her pledge pass through UK systems, citing potential offences under the Terrorism Act 2000.
• The pledge has triggered calls for the BBC to remove or sever ties to her dramas and scrutiny of her publisher Faber & Faber, while the UN Human Rights Office warns the ban risks chilling lawful dissent.