Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in (BBC, 2025-06-20)
Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in (BBC, 2025-06-20)
Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in (BBC, 2025-06-20)
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The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, the BBC understands.
The decision comes as a security review begins at military bases across the UK, after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and sprayed two military planes with red paint.
A spokesperson for Palestine Action said: "When our government fails to uphold their moral and legal obligations, it is the responsibility of ordinary citizens to take direct action."
Under UK law, the home secretary has the power to proscribe an organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 if they believe it is "concerned with terrorism".
But Amnesty International UK said it was "deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups."