Overview

• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced on June 23 that Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000, making membership or support punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
• Activists from the group vandalised two RAF Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on June 20, spraying red paint into engine bays and causing millions of pounds in damage.
• The draft proscription order is scheduled for parliamentary debate on June 30 and, if approved, would become law by next Friday, exposing supporters and MPs to criminal liability.
• Eleven MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott, along with Amnesty International UK, have condemned the ban as an excessive infringement on civil liberties and the right to protest.
• Palestine Action has instructed lawyers to mount a court challenge and launched an online fundraiser that has raised over £79,000 toward its £100,000 legal goal.