The British government on Friday lost its appeal to prevent the co-founder of the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action from launching a legal challenge against the group’s ban under anti-terrorism legislation.

Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, was given permission to challenge the group’s proscription on the grounds that the ban is a disproportionate interference with free speech rights, with her case due to be heard next month.

Britain’s Home Office (interior ministry) then asked the Court of Appeal to overturn that decision and rule that any challenge to the ban should be heard by a specialist tribunal.

Judge Sue Carr rejected the Home Office’s appeal, saying challenging the proscription in the High Court was quicker, particularly where people have

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