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So the position is that eight Palestine Action activists are currently on hunger strike in UK prisons, protesting their pre-trial detention and demanding fair trials, bail, and de-proscription of their group. The UK Government designated them a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK on July 5th this year under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Why was this? Well, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the intent on following activists’ vandalism of RAF Brize Norton aircraft engines in June.
The House of Commons approved the order on July 2 by 385-26 votes. This criminalises membership, support, or items suggesting affiliation, with penalties up to 14 years in prison
