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UK ‘terror’ sentences: What we know Four activists from the [Palestine Action](/news/2025/6/25/what-is-the-palestine-action-group-and-why-is-the-uk-banning-it) group face sentencing in the United Kingdom as “terrorists” on Friday, despite only being convicted by a jury of other criminal charges
Palestine Action in the same category as Hezbollah and al-Qaeda – makes it illegal to be a member of or express support for the group, offences punishable by up to 14 years in prison
UK site near Bristol. It can now be reported that defence lawyers sought to halt the proceedings for alleged abuse of process, claiming Cooper’s column for the Observer was “an egregious example of contemptuous
UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August 2024. The raid, which prosecutors said caused about one million pounds ($1.36m) of damage, took place about 10 months into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza
terrorism”, he suggested lawmakers could narrow the test, for example, by requiring a risk to life, a national security dimension or exclusion for non-violent protest. His report comes as the government appeals a High
Palestine Action](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/palestine-action) was proscribed – but this could not be told to the jury. The finding and the restriction on telling the jury continued for the retrial. Jurors subsequently convicted Charlotte Head
terrorism threat level being raised to its second highest rating. "These factors give us significant cause for concern as we head into the weekend and require a policing plan that provides us with the most
Palestine Action protesters [as terrorists](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/12/palestine-action-activists-elbit-protest-terrorist-connection-ruling) when the jury did not convict them of a terrorism offence violates fundamental legal principles. Michael Mansfield KC, known for his work on landmark cases such
Action](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/palestine-action), responded to Starmer’s comments on X, saying: “End the genocide, not our freedoms to oppose it.” Starmer stressed his suggestion some protest marches could be banned was “not a discussion