The UK is taking political prisoners to evade accountability for genocide

"The use of anti-terror law against Palestine Action is designed to block legal and political scrutiny of the UK's role in Gaza. In June 2025, the UK government proscribed the UK-based group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. This was not a security decision, but a political one, marking an unprecedented escalation in the criminalisation of Palestine solidarity in the United Kingdom."

"Throughout Israel's assault on Gaza, the UK has provided sustained political and diplomatic support, supplied vital components for F-35 fighter jets, and conducted R1 surveillance flights over Gaza. Taken together, these actions render the British government not merely complicit, but materially involved in the violence itself. At the same time, the UK has sought to obstruct international accountability. It has attempted to interfere with proceedings at the International Criminal Court conduct that may constitute an offence under Article 70(1) of the ICC Statute"

UK proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 in June 2025, a political decision that escalated criminalisation of Palestine solidarity. Palestine Action carried out non-violent direct actions targeting UK-linked Israeli arms industry facilities, including Elbit Systems and elements of British military infrastructure, to disrupt UK complicity in the Gaza genocide. The UK provided sustained political and diplomatic support to Israel, supplied components for F-35 jets, and conducted R1 surveillance flights over Gaza, rendering the government materially involved in the violence. The UK pursued measures to obstruct international accountability, including attempts to interfere with ICC proceedings and intimidate the ICC Prosecutor.

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