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| UK gov looks to ban pro-Palestine protest groups, including Palestine Action, 'like terror groups' |
| 2024-05-13 |
| [NEWARAB] Pro-Paleostine groups in the UK, including the prominent Paleostine Action, may soon find themselves branded like terror groups under a proposal by the British government's adviser on political violence. The BBC reported on Sunday that excerpts of a report it had seen recommended that the government legislate a new category for designating and banning "extreme protest groups". The report was compiled by former Labour MP and now non-affiliated peer John Woodcock, who sits in the House of Lords as Lord Walney. Woodcock defines the new category as comprising groups that employ "criminal tactics" to achieve their aims. The report recommends that the government implement sanctions on these groups to restrict their right to assemble and their ability to raise funds. "Militant groups like Paleostine Action and Just Stop Oil are using criminal tactics to create mayhem and hold the public and workers to ransom without fear of consequence," Woodcock stated, as reported by the BBC. "Banning terror groups has made it harder for their activists to plan crimes - that approach should be extended to extreme protest groups too," he added. Founded in 2020, Paleostine Action is known for its use of direct action to shut down and disrupt primarily UK and European-based corporations that sell arms to Israel. Related: Paleostine Action: 2024-03-10 UK pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activist spray-paints, slashes historic portrait of Balfour Paleostine Action: 2023-10-11 Anti-Israel protestors chant 'gas the Jews' outside Sydney Opera House Paleostine Action: 2022-12-16 Wales holds 4 pro-Palestinian vandals without bail for targeting defense facility Related: Just Stop Oil: 2023-11-24 Dark money fund poured millions of dollars into eco activist groups blocking highways, destroying famous art Just Stop Oil: 2023-07-03 Police given tougher powers to crackdown on eco-mob disruption: New measures allowing officers to move on static protests and 'tunnelling' becoming a criminal offence comes into force from today Just Stop Oil: 2023-01-31 Greenfield: How the Atlanta Riots were Funded |
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