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Court ruling, but [reversed that policy](/news/2026/3/28/palestine-action-supporters-arrested-as-londons-met-police-reverse-policy) weeks later. Earlier this month, more than 200 protesters were arrested in central London and last week, celebrities and scholars, including the novelist Sally Rooney, climate activist Greta
UK’s High Court [ruled](/news/2026/2/13/uk-decision-to-ban-palestine-action-as-terror-group-unlawful-court-says) that the government’s ban was unlawful and disproportionate, prompting London’s Metropolitan Police to say it would refrain from arresting demonstrators rallying in support of the group
terrorism” law](/news/2026/4/29/uks-terrorism-laws-risk-overreach-watchdog-warns), a decision which was ruled unlawful by London’s High Court, though the group remains banned pending the government’s appeal, which was heard last week. ## Acquitted of aggravated burglary Corner
UK’s ‘terrorism’ laws risk overreach, watchdog warns The British government risks stretching “counterterrorism” laws beyond their original purpose by using such powers against activist groups, a United Kingdom “terrorism” watchdog has said
activists [convicted after a retrial](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/05/four-palestine-action-activists-convicted-of-criminal-damage) over a violent protest at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK site face being sentenced as terrorists despite the jury not being told this. In an unprecedented
activists have come together to defy the ban. Three senior judges ruled in February that the ban on the organisation, the first on a direct action protest group under the Terrorism Act, [was unlawful
court ruled in February that [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping global duties under an emergency law. **The World Bank could mobilise $80bn to $100bn in funding for countries