MPs have voted in favour of legislation to proscribe group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, passing by 385 votes to 26.The order, which amends the Terrorism Act 2000, is now expected to be signed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and come into effect later this week. Once in effect, supporting Palestine Action will become a criminal offence, with membership or expressing support for the direct action group punishable by up to 14 years in prison. However, legal action is under way to try to temporarily block the order, with a hearing scheduled to take place on Friday at London’s High Court. Palestine Action has been granted the hearing pending further proceedings to decide whether a legal challenge can be brought.Alongside Palestine Action, the order also proscribes Maniacs Murder Cult, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi organisation and the Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist, ethno-nationalist organisation.The move to proscribe Palestine Action was taken after activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last month and sprayed two planes with red paint, an incident branded “disgraceful” by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. In a statement after the vote, Palestine Action said the home secretary had “bundled our domestic civil disobedience protest group in with two violent, neo-Nazi militias”. “Many MPs told us that as a consequence they felt they did not have the option to vote against the measure,” it said. The group added it was “confident that this unlawful order will be overturned”.Presenting the orde …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnMPs have voted in favour of legislation to proscribe group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, passing by 385 votes to 26.The order, which amends the Terrorism Act 2000, is now expected to be signed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and come into effect later this week. Once in effect, supporting Palestine Action will become a criminal offence, with membership or expressing support for the direct action group punishable by up to 14 years in prison. However, legal action is under way to try to temporarily block the order, with a hearing scheduled to take place on Friday at London’s High Court. Palestine Action has been granted the hearing pending further proceedings to decide whether a legal challenge can be brought.Alongside Palestine Action, the order also proscribes Maniacs Murder Cult, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi organisation and the Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist, ethno-nationalist organisation.The move to proscribe Palestine Action was taken after activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last month and sprayed two planes with red paint, an incident branded “disgraceful” by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. In a statement after the vote, Palestine Action said the home secretary had “bundled our domestic civil disobedience protest group in with two violent, neo-Nazi militias”. “Many MPs told us that as a consequence they felt they did not have the option to vote against the measure,” it said. The group added it was “confident that this unlawful order will be overturned”.Presenting the orde …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
