**Justice Served: UK High Court Declares Palestine Action Ban Unlawful** In a significant victory for human rights and freedom of expression, the High Court in London has ruled that the UK government's ban on pro-Palestinian campaign group, Palestine Action, is unlawful. The ruling, hailed by activists and human rights groups, comes as a major blow to the UK government, which had designated the group as a "terrorist" organisation in July last year. The UK government's decision to ban Palestine Action, a group known for its peaceful protests against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and the UK's support for Israel, sparked widespread outrage and condemnation from civil society. The group's members, who had been peacefully demonstrating and advocating for Palestinian rights, found themselves at the receiving end of a wave of arrests, with over 2,700 people detained for holding signs and participating in silent vigils across the UK. The High Court's ruling, which declared the ban "disproportionate", has significant implications for the thousands of people arrested and charged under the Terrorism Act 2000. According to the campaign group, Defend Our Juries, those arrested for holding placards and participating in peaceful protests will no longer be considered unlawful. This means that the hundreds of people charged with Section 12 offences for addressing Zoom calls as part of the Lift the Ban campaign against Palestine Action will also have their arrests deemed unlawful. However, the UK government has announced its intention to appeal the verdict, leaving thousands of people in limbo. The Director of Public Prosecutions will now have to decide whether to discontinue prosecutions or continue pending appeal. While the Metropolitan police have indicated that they will stop arresting people for holding placards, this does not preclude further arrests if the appeal succeeds. For those directly engaged with Palestine Action, who have broken into arms factories or disrupted supply chains on behalf of the group, prosecution will continue. This is because they have been charged with crimes such as criminal damage. The High Court's ruling, therefore, does not apply to those who have engaged in more radical forms of protest. The UK government's decision to ban Palestine Action has been widely criticized as an attempt to suppress freedom of expression and silence voices of dissent. The High Court's ruling is a significant victory for human rights and a major setback for the UK government's efforts to silence the Palestinian solidarity movement.