The High Court has today ruled that the proscription of the direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is unlawful. Owen Greenhall and Audrey Cherryl Mogan acted in judicial review proceedings on behalf of the claimant, Huda Ammori, the co-founder of the group.
In a significant decision, the Court upheld the Claimant’s challenge that the Home Secretary failed to comply with her own policy when making the decision to proscribe Palestine Action and that proscription breached the rights of Freedom of Expression and Assembly as protected under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Owen Greenhall and Audrey Cherryl Mogan of the Garden Court Protest Team were instructed by Lydia Dagostino of Kelly’s Solicitors and Gareth Peirce & Sally Middleton of Birnberg Peirce. They were led by Raza Hussain KC & Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC of Matrix Chambers. Other counsel instructed were Mira Hammad & Rosalind Burgin of Garden Court North and Paul Luckhurst, Grant Kynaston & Rayan Fakhoury of Blackstone Chambers.
Interventions in the case were made by the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, Amnesty International UK and Liberty.
The case has received widespread media attention, see press coverage:
