UK watchdog warns against overreach in targeting activist groups under ‘counterterrorism’ laws.
The British government risks stretching “counterterrorism” laws beyond their original purpose by using such powers against activist groups, a United Kingdom “terrorism” watchdog has said.
In his annual report examining the use of Britain’s “terrorism” legislation during 2024, independent reviewer Jonathan Hall said the subsequent banning of pro-Palestine group Palestine Action had exposed “real uncertainty” over whether serious damage to property alone should qualify as “terrorism”.
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The law’s broad wording could without clearer limits risk pulling protest activity into “terrorism” policing, even where there is no…
