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Palestine Action ‘to be banned’ as terror group, says home secretary

Published 13:45 23 Jun 2025 BST

Updated 13:48 23 Jun 2025 BST

Harry Warner
Palestine Action ‘to be banned’ as terror group, says home secretary

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It comes after the group broke into a RAF base last week

Palestine Action is "to be banned" in the UK and labelled a terror group, says home secretary Yvette Cooper.

The group is set to become "proscribed" in the UK, meaning 'outlawed' or 'banned'.

The news comes after the activist group claimed responsibility for a break in at RAF Brize Norton where two aircraft where vandalised with red paint.

Reports say the damage has totalled millions of pounds.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said "the disgraceful attack on Brize Norton" on Friday was "the latest in a long history of unacceptable criminal damage committed by Palestine Action".

She said a draft proscription order will be laid in parliament next week and if passed, it will make it illegal to be a member of, or invite support for, Palestine Action.

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