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London — The UK Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal in November brought by Huda Ammori, co-founder of the protest group Palestine Action, challenging the government's decision to proscribe the organisation as a terrorist entity. The hearing is scheduled for November 4 and 5, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post.

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Ms. Ammori has been granted permission to challenge the ban at the UK's highest court, as reported by Al Jazeera. The Guardian reported that the case stems from the Home Secretary's decision in July 2025 to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000, framing the challenge as one against the ban itself.

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  • Ms. Ammori has been granted permission to challenge the UK government's decision to designate Palestine Action a terrorist organisation at the Supreme Court.
  • The UK Supreme Court will hear the appeal in November.
  • The Home Secretary decided to ban Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 in July 2025.
  • The Court of Appeal overturned the Divisional Court's ruling that the ban was inconsistent with the Home Secretary's own policy and incompatible with Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The Guardian noted that the High Court had previously ruled that the ban was disproportionate and therefore unlawful, a decision that was overturned by the Court of Appeal. The direct action group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation last year, and its co-founder has been fighting to have the decision overturned amid a mass civil disobedience campaign, according to The Guardian.

The legal action follows a series of protests by Palestine Action. According to the Jerusalem Post, these actions included activists breaching perimeter security at the Royal Air Force base in Brize Norton to spray red paint on the engines of military transport aircraft, as well as occupations and blockades of facilities belonging to Elbit Systems and other defence suppliers.

The Jerusalem Post also reported that the core of the legal challenge concerns whether the Home Secretary's proscription decision under the Terrorism Act 2000, which requires a belief that an organisation is "concerned in terrorism," was lawful.

The Guardian further reported that more than 3,500 people have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action since the ban was implemented.