"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 because that would be a crime under anti-terror laws. The author said it was "unclear" whether any UK company could make payments to her and that if she was prevented from profiting from her work, her income would be "enormously restricted"."
"Today, Ms Ammori's barrister Raza Husain KC said the Ms Rooney believed 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."
The Home Office proscribed Palestine Action on July 5, making membership or support a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years' imprisonment. Huda Ammori has mounted a legal challenge to the proscription, and the Home Office is defending the decision. Police arrested 143 people after demonstrations during the first day of the High Court challenge. Publishers and producers have been advised they could commit an offence by sending payments to Rooney if funds could reach Palestine Action, producing legal and commercial uncertainty about whether any UK company can lawfully pay her. Downing Street warned that donating earnings to support the banned group risked a terrorist offence. Inability of UK companies to pay her would prevent production and distribution in England and Wales and would sharply reduce her income.
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