The British government’s ban on Palestine’s action is “disturbed” of an anti-terrorism law, warning by the United Nations Human Rights Head.
Volcker Turk urged the government to lift the group ban, called it “incompatible and unnecessary”.
Earlier this month, Palestine Action The UK was prosecuted by the Government of Terrorism Act 2000 The activists claimed responsibility for spraying two military aircraft with red paint, causing loss of estimated £ 7M.
Decision is currently being made Challed in High Court With a decision at the end of the month. The home office has been contacted for a comment.
The ban means that membership, or support for Palestine’s action, is now a jail sentence up to 14 years.
More than 170 people have been arrested Since the ban was introduced, under the 2000 Terrorism Act.
Ottoman, which has been a high commissioner for the United Nations human rights since 2022, said the ban “seems inconsistent and unnecessary”.
The Ottoman said, “It limits the rights of many people associated with Palestine’s action, who themselves have not engaged in any underlying criminal activity, but exercising their rights of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.”
“In this way, it forms an impenetrable ban on rights that are on obstacles with Britain’s obligations under the International Human Rights Act.”
The Palestine Action has been mainly engaged in target activities targeting arms companies since the onset of the current war in Gaza.
Parliament Approved schemes to ban the group on 2 July After the activist broke at the RAF Bryz Norton at the Oxfordshire and the spray depicted two voyager aircraft, which the organization stated that the Israeli was used to provide assistance to the army.
Between 2022 and 2024, a range of criminal prosecution related to incidents are currently before the courts. Four people of the Bryz Norton incident faced testing for more than a year from now.
Turks also criticized Britain’s “broad” definition of terrorism, including “serious loss to property”.
The Ottoman stated that terrorist acts under “international standards” should be limited to criminal acts, aims to cause death or serious injury or to take the hostages, to intimidate the population or force the government to take or not to take a certain action or not, “the Ottoman said.
He said, “It misuses the gravity and impact of terrorism to expand it beyond the clear limits, to include further conduct that is already criminal under the law,” he said.
