Britain wins appeal that Palestine Action ban was unlawful

Elbit Systems

Mon 11:36

    LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - The British government on Monday won its appeal against a court ruling that its ban on the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.
Palestine Action, which had increasingly targeted Israel‑linked defence companies in Britain with a particular focus on Israel's largest defence firm Elbit Systems ESLT.TA, was proscribed under terrorism laws last year.
London's High Court ruled in February, after a legal challenge by the group's co-founder, that the ban unlawfully interfered with freedom of expression, although it remained proscribed pending the government's appeal.

 (Reporting by Michael Holden, editing by Sarah Young)
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