The suffragettes could have faced a ban as a terror group if current laws were in place at the start of the 20th century, the High Court has heard in a challenge against the ban on Palestine Action.

Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori is taking legal action against the Home Office over then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group under anti-terror laws.

The ban, which began on July 5, made membership of, or support for, the direct-action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Ms Ammori was previously given the green light to bring her challenge, with her lawyers now arguing at the High Court in London that the decision to ban the group is unlawful.

The Home Office is defending the claim.

At the start of the hearing on Wednesday, R

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