Case ID
UKSC/2026/0099
Parties
Appellant(s)
Huda Ammori
Respondent(s)
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Issue
Was the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful?
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Full hearing
Start date
4 November 2026
End date
5 November 2026
The UK Supreme Court has confirmed it will hear an appeal by Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori challenging the governmentâs proscription of the group as a terrorist organization. The hearing is scheduled for November 4-5.
The legal battle stems from the Home Secretaryâs decision in July 2025 to ban Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.
âDeep in my heart I do believe, Gaza will be free someday,â sang protesters, as another group sitting in a peaceful and silent demonstration outside Bristol Prison were arrested for holding signs in support of Palestine Action.
14 protesters were carted into police vans on Thursday morning for holding signs in support of the pro-Palestinian group, which remains a proscribed organisation in the UK, meaning showing support for it is illegal.
(September / October 2014)
A few Iranian sources have previously pointed to a fatwa by the Islamic Republicâs first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, prohibiting chemical weapons as the explanation for why Iran did not deploy these weapons during the war with Iraq. But no details have ever been made public on when and how Khomeini issued such a fatwa, so it has been ignored for decades.
Now, however, the wartime chief of the Iranian ministry responsible for military procurement has provided an eyewitness account of Khomeiniâs ban not only on chemical weapons, but on nuclear weapons as well. In an interview with me in Tehran in late September, Mohsen Rafighdoost, who served as minister of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) throughout the eight-year war, revealed that he had proposed to Khomeini that Iran begin working on both nuclear and chemical weapons â but was told in two separate meetings that weapons of mass destruction are forbidden by Islam.
(February 26, 2026)
President Masoud Pezeshkian has reiterated Iranâs opposition to nuclear weapons, saying the policy is rooted in âtheological“ beliefs and a religious decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei banning nuclear arms.
„When the religious leader explicitly states that we will not pursue nuclear weapons, this is a position rooted in theological and jurisprudential beliefs, not a political tactic that can be changed,â Pezeshkian said while speaking during a visit to the northern province of Mazandaran on Thursday, highlighting the fatwa (religious decree) that had been issued by Ayatollah Khamenei forbidding nuclear arms.
The ministry said its operations will continue until the complete discovery of all the satellite terminals, which are all but at the enemyâs disposal.
The ministry said providing and using the illegal Starlink satellite is a âcrimeâ and at war time, those who use it, particularly the enemyâs agents, will receive the harshest punishment.
(January 17, 2026)
The Israeli government has given Doctors Without Borders until the end of February to pull out of the Gaza Strip, and has already cut off its ability to bring in supplies. Under new regulations, Israel demands that international aid groups provide lists of Palestinians on their Gaza payrolls, a measure it says is intended to ensure that militants do not infiltrate the groups.
So what can Europe do, as this mad historic fantasy comes closer to reality? How do you maintain a space of democracy and the rule of law in a world that is rapidly reverting to imperialism, oligarchy and the rule of power alone? Only by building a protective moat of federalism around it.
If the US actually attacks Denmark by invading Greenland, and declares war on the EU, a treaty-bound defensive alliance, the hand of history will be forced. Europe would need to both expand and restructure to become a defence and intelligence union that absorbs Natoâs non-EU members.
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And if the US doesnât attack Denmark, Europeâs best chance of surviving as a free and open continent in an imperial world is still to force the rupture with the US, force the consequences, and force the federalism anyway.
Jerusalem/Berlin, 2. Januar 2026. Die Drohung der israelischen Regierung, Ărzte ohne Grenzen und anderen internationalen Nichtregierungsorganisationen (INGOs) die Registrierung zu verweigern, ist ein zynischer und kalkulierter Versuch, die Organisationen daran zu hindern, im Gazastreifen und im Westjordanland Hilfe zu leisten. Damit verstöĂt Israel gegen seine Verpflichtungen nach dem humanitĂ€ren Völkerrecht.
Der Zivilbevölkerung medizinische Hilfe zu verweigern, kann unter keinen UmstÀnden akzeptiert werden. Es ist empörend, humanitÀre Hilfe als politisches Instrument oder als Mittel kollektiver Bestrafung zu missbrauchen. Die israelischen Behörden verschÀrfen damit ihre schweren Angriffe auf die humanitÀre Hilfe und bedrohen direkt die medizinische Versorgung der Menschen im Gazastreifen und im Westjordanland.
Ărzte ohne Grenzen weist die VorwĂŒrfe, die von den israelischen Behörden in den vergangenen Tagen erhoben worden sind, entschieden zurĂŒck. Die medizinische Hilfsorganisation wĂŒrde niemals wissentlich Personen beschĂ€ftigen, die an militĂ€rischen AktivitĂ€ten beteiligt sind â dies widerspricht ihren grundlegenden Werten und ihrer Ethik. Die Berichte darĂŒber, was Teams von Ărzte ohne Grenzen mit eigenen Augen in Gaza sehen â Tod, Zerstörung und die Folgen genozidaler Gewalt â mögen schwer ertrĂ€glich sein, die Verantwortung dafĂŒr liegt aber bei jenen, die diese GrĂ€ueltaten begehen, und nicht bei jenen, die darĂŒber Zeugnis ablegen.
Israelâs threat to withhold registration from MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres (MSF) and other international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organisations from providing services in Gaza and the West Bank, Palestine, in breach of Israel‘s obligations under international humanitarian law.
Denying medical assistance to civilians is unacceptable under any circumstances and it is appalling to use humanitarian aid as a tool of policy or collective punishment. Now is the time for action. Israel is escalating its grave attack on humanitarian response, directly threatening medical care and humanitarian aid to civilians.
MSF unequivocally refutes the allegations made by the Israeli authorities in recent days. MSF would never knowingly employ anyone involved in military activities, which contradicts our core values and ethics. If the descriptions of what our teams see with their own eyes in Gaza – death, destruction and the human consequences of genocidal violence â are unpalatable to some, the fault lies with those committing these atrocities, not with those who speak of them.
Kurz vor Weihnachten hatte Trump vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der USA bei seinen PlÀnen eines Nationalgarde-Einsatzes in Chicago eine Niederlage kassiert. Der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA wies einen entsprechenden Eilantrag ab.
His announcement comes after the US Supreme Court last week rejected his request to allow him to deploy the guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents as part of the administrationâs ongoing immigration crackdown.
Israelâs decision to revoke the licences of 37 international NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has come into effect as the Israeli government pushes to demonise organisations that assist Palestinians, among them United Nations agencies, with unproven accusations of links to Hamas.
People in Gaza have started 2026 not with hope or certainty, but with despair as they face more Israeli restrictions amid a humanitarian catastrophe, Al Jazeeraâs Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City.
Delivered by
UN Human Rights Chief Volker TĂŒrk
At
Geneva
Israelâs suspension of numerous aid agencies from Gaza is outrageous.
This is the latest in a pattern of unlawful restrictions on humanitarian access, including Israelâs ban on UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East), as well as attacks on Israeli and Palestinian NGOs amid broader access issues faced by the UN and other humanitarians.
I urge all States, in particular those with influence, to take urgent steps and insist that Israel immediately allows aid to get into Gaza unhindered. Such arbitrary suspensions make an already intolerable situation even worse for the people of Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA, says Israelâs suspension of 37 aid organisations in Gaza shows âa troubling pattern of disregard for international humanitarian lawâ.
âThis is a dangerous precedent,â Lazzarini wrote on social media platform X…..
Israel has singled out international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), alleging that it had two employees who were members of Palestinian militant groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas
„They refuse to provide lists of their Palestinian employees because they know, just as we know, that some of them are involved in terrorism or linked to Hamas,“ spokesman for the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Gilad Zwick told AFP, naming 37 NGOs that had so far failed to meet the new requirements
âAt this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,â the court said in its unsigned order.
The decision, which came over dissents from conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, was a substantial setback and appeared almost certain to jeopardize deployments of the National Guard in other cities as well.
Israelâs Defence Minister Israel Katz has officially barred the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting Palestinians held under Israelâs so-called âunlawful combatantsâ law, a legal category that does not exist under international law and allows indefinite detention without charge, trial or oversight.
Katz claimed in a decree that allowing ICRC access would âseriously harm national securityâ, effectively ensuring that Palestinian detainees held under this exceptional measure remain entirely hidden from international monitoring.
Mehrere Tausend Menschen wollten am Samstag in Frankfurt gegen den Gaza-Krieg demonstrieren. Nun hat die Stadt die Veranstaltung unter dem Motto „Stoppt den Völkermord jetzt!“ verboten.
Die Demo sei „potenziell antisemitisch“ – so die Stadt Frankfurt. Sie begrĂŒndet das Verbot unter anderem mit der derzeit „Ă€uĂerst angespannten Stimmung zwischen pro-palĂ€stinensischen und pro-israelischen Aktivisten“.
Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies since 2 March.
Instead of clearing the growing backlog of goods, Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, citing that these organizations are ânot authorized to deliver aid.â In July alone, over 60 requests were denied under this justification.
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Signatories
1. Action Against Hunger (ACF)
2. A New Policy
3. ACT Alliance
4. Action For Humanity
5. ActionAid Denmark
6. ActionAid International
7. All We Can
8. Alliance Sud
9. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
10. Americares
11. Anera
12. Asamblea de CooperaciĂłn por la Paz
13. Bystanders No More
14. Campaign Against Arms Trade
15. Canadian Foodgrains Bank
16. CARE
17. Caritas Internationalis
18. Caritas Jerusalem
19. Caritas Middle East and North Africa
20. Caritas Switzerland
21. Center for Jewish Nonviolence
22. Charity & Security Network
23. Children Not Numbers
24. Christian Aid
25. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
26. CISS – Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud
27. Committee to Protect Journalists
28. Cooperation Canada
29. COORDINADORA VALENCIANA ONGD
30. DanChurchAid
31. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
32. Department of Service to the Palestinian Refugees
33. Diakonia
34. Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
35. EDUCO
36. Embrace the Middle East
37. Emergency – Life Support for Civilian War Victims Ong Ets
38. Entreculturas
39. Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V. (Pro Peace)
40. Frieda – the Feminist Peace Organization
41. Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
42. Fund for Global Human Rights
43. Glia
44. HEKS/EPER (Swiss Church Aid)
45. HelpAge International
46. Humanitarian Coalition
47. Humanity Auxilium
48. Humanity & Inclusion â Handicap International
49. Humanity First UK
50. INARA
51. Insecurity Insight
52. International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF)
53. INTERSOS
54. Islamic Relief
55. Jahalin Solidarity
56. Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
57. JĂŒdische Stimme fĂŒr Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit in Israel/PalĂ€stina JVJP Switzerland
58. KinderUSA
59. Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation
60. La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo (The Spanish Development NGO
Platform)
61. MĂ©decins du Monde France
62. MĂ©decins du Monde International Network
63. MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres (MSF)
64. MedGlobal
65. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
66. medico international
67. medico international schweiz
68. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
69. Middle East Childrenâs Alliance
70. MPower Change Action Fund
71. Muslim Aid
72. NORWAC â Norwegian Aid Committee
73. Norwegian Church Aid
74. Norwegian People‘s Aid (NPA)
75. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
76. Oxfam
77. Palestinian Childrenâs Relief Fund (PCRF)
78. PANZMA – Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association
79. PARCIC
80. Pax Christi International
81. Peace Watch Switzerland
82. People in Need (PIN)
83. Plan International
84. Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH)
85. Portuguese Platform of Development NGOs
86. Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)
87. Project HOPE
88. Relief International
89. Right to Play
90. Sabeel-Kairos UK
91. Saferworld
92. Save the Children International
93. Secours Islamique France (SIF)
94. Solidar Suisse
95. Solidarités International
96. SWISSAID
97. Terre des Hommes Italy
98. Terre des Hommes Lausanne
99. The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET)
100. The United Church of Canada
101. United Against Inhumanity (UAI)
102. Vento di Terra
103. War Child Alliance
104. Weltfriedensdienst e.V.
New Israeli legislation regulating foreign aid groups has been increasingly used to deny their requests to bring supplies into Gaza, according to a joint letter signed by more than 100 groups published Thursday.
„Israeli authorities have rejected requests from dozens of NGOs to bring in lifesaving goods, citing that these organisations are ‚not authorised to deliver aid‘,“ the joint statement reads.
Police officers remove a person after they took part in a protest in Parliament Square, London, to call for de-proscription of Palestine Action.
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(July 11, 2025)
On Saturday, groups of activists will gather for a series of protests coordinated by the campaign group Defend Our Juries (DOJ) in London, Manchester and Cardiff. An independently organised protest will also be staged in Derry in Northern Ireland.
Protesters plan to hold signs reading: âI oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.“
This follows the arrest of 29 people under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act, including an 83-year-old retired priest and an emergency worker, for holding the same signs in Parliament Square last weekend.
Activists have been told to overwhelm courts and police as the groupâs leader vows to make the High Court decision âunenforceableâ
This post does not focus on assessing the substantive grounds which can be relied on to challenge the lawfulness of Yvette Cooperâs decision-making in seeking to proscribe Palestine Action. Instead, it focuses on the constitutional implications of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action. In short, I argue that the Home Secretaryâs decision collapses the distinction between violence against the person and violence against property. This represents a seismic break with constitutional norms regarding how the state regulates the fundamental rights to freedom of thought and conscience, freedom of expression, and the right to freedom of assembly. The decision is a chilling example of executive power being wielded to coercively constrain personal and collective liberties in the UK.
Waters defended the groupâs tactics as peaceful and justified, saying: âThey are a nonviolent protest organisation protesting the presence in the UK of Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturing organisation⊠I support Palestine Action and I always will because that is the right thing to do.â
Referencing journalist George Monbiotâs call for public defiance, Waters echoed the rallying cry: âThis is the âI am Spartacusâ moment⊠Good on everybody who is standing up everywhere and saying, âI am Spartacus.â We will not be rolled over by this appalling Labour government in the United Kingdom.â
The musician concluded with a stark message: âPalestine Action is not a terrorist organisation. They are lying⊠thatâs all I have to say.“