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The Independent
12 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Palestine Action member hits out at ‘absurd' government ban plan
A Palestine Action member has described the UK government's plan to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation as "absurd." Saeed Taji Farouky, the member, stated that such a move would undermine fundamental principles of British democracy and the rule of law. The home secretary is expected to address Parliament on Monday regarding the potential proscription of Palestine Action. This development follows an incident where Palestine Action activists breached RAF Brize Norton, spraying two planes with red paint. Farouky justified the group's actions as an "escalation in tactics" aimed at disrupting the "material supply chain to genocide," while Israel denies genocide allegations. Watch the video above.
Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
New law to proscribe hostile state-linked groups
A new terror-style proscription law will be created to ban foreign government agencies in an attempt to crack down on the activities of hostile countries in Britain Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, told MPs that she was accepting recommendations from a report by Jonathan Hall KC, the independent adviser on terrorism legislation, which said that that Britain's terrorism legislation was ill-equipped to tackle the conduct of state agencies such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and called for a new power to act as an 'equivalent to proscription'. Speaking in the House of Commons, Cooper said she was accepting this recommendation so the government could deal with state bodies such as the IRGC, which has been accused of plotting assassinations and terror attacks around
