The home secretary has announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism laws. Haroon Siddique reports
Palestine Action is a direct action protest group that has been targeting weapons manufacturers. This week, Yvette Cooper announced the decision to lay an order to ban them under anti-terrorism laws. This will now be debated and voted on in parliament.
The Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent, Haroon Siddique, explains who the group are and why the government’s decision is such a surprise. “They’re the first direct protest action group to be classified in such a way,” he says.
