Six defendants faced a London court on Friday over roughly 50 charges linked to their alleged efforts to promote Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned in Britain.

Prosecutors argued the campaign sought to sustain and legitimise the organisation undermining the enforcement of the group’s ban.

Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws in July, making it a crime to be a member with a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Since then, a number of protests have been held in support of the group, which prosecutor Peter Ratliff told London’s Old Bailey court the six defendants – three men and three women – had played a role in organising.

Ratliff said 13 meetings had been held online since proscription where the defendants had encouraged and arranged “mass civil

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