Richard Barnard

Rule Changes

Facing terrorism-related charges

Britain's High Court ruled on February 13, 2026 that the government acted illegally when it banned Palestine Action as a terrorist organization last summer—the first time a UK court has overturned a terrorism proscription through judicial review. The three-judge panel found that while the group's tactics of breaking into factories and damaging military aircraft were criminal, they did not meet the threshold for terrorism under law. The ruling calls into question arrests of more than 2,700 people and charges against 250 under the Terrorism Act.

Updated Feb 13