میدل-ایست-آیPalestine Action ban has made UK 'international outlier' warns UN rapporteurs, court told
Palestine Action ban has made UK 'international outlier' warns UN rapporteurs, court told
A UN official warned that Britain has become an "international outlier" by choosing to ban direct-action group Palestine Action, a court heard on Thursday.
Speaking on the second day of the judicial review into the UK's ban on Palestine Action, Adam Straw KC set out the intervention on behalf of UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul.
Saul, who serves as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, criticised the UK's decision to ban Palestine Action and deemed it a "fundamental breach of human rights."
During proceedings, Adam Straw KC stated that responsible states have limited what they define as terrorism, and protest groups are not generally classified as terrorists, stating that Britain has become an "international outlier" as a consequence.
