"Ms Rooney believes that publishers and producers could be committing a criminal offence by paying her due to her "vocal" support for the banned group. In August, Downing Street warned that she risked committing a terrorist offence after the award-winning author said she would donate earnings from her books and BBC adaptations of novels Normal People and Conversations With Friends to support the banned group, in a piece for the Irish Times."
"And in witness statements for the legal challenge made public today, Ms Rooney stated the producer of those programmes said they had been advised that they could not send money to her agent if it could be used to fund Palestine Action as that would be a crime under anti-terror laws. The author said it was "unclear" whether any UK company can make payments to her and that if she was prevented from profiting from her work, her income would be "enormously restricted"."
Huda Ammori is legally challenging the Home Office over Yvette Cooper's decision to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws. The proscription, effective from July 5, makes membership or support for the direct-action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. The Metropolitan Police reported 143 arrests during demonstrations on the first day of the High Court challenge. Ms Rooney says publishers and producers have been advised they could commit a criminal offence by paying her if funds could aid Palestine Action, leaving UK payments unclear and risking severe restrictions on her income and ability to have new works produced or distributed in England and Wales.
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