HOME OFFICE: PALESTINE ACTION CASE ‘NOT EXCEPTIONAL’ — LEGAL FIGHT TO COURT OF APPEAL
By Cicero – Legal Affairs Correspondent The Home Office has told the Court of Appeal that a challenge to the government’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is “not exceptional” and should not be heard by the High Court. The group’s founder, Huda Ammori, launched legal action Continue Reading
Home Office Fights Bid to Overturn Palestine Action Terror Ban
The Home Office has argued that a legal challenge to the proscription of protest group Palestine Action is not “exceptional” and should not be heard by the High Court. Palestine Action’s founder, Huda Ammori, is pursuing a judicial review after former home secretary Yvette Cooper designated the group a terrorist Continue Reading
New Government Prison Review
Landmark reforms that will end the prison crisis have been announced by the Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood. The UK government has announced landmark reforms to end the prison crisis, which threatens the complete breakdown of law and order on Britain’s streets. The review, published by former Justice Secretary David Gauke, Continue Reading
Rwandan Refugee Flight is Cancelled
The first flight of refugees from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled after a legal battle. The Home Secretary said she was disappointed but would not be deterred. A legal challenge to a flight from Wiltshire to Rwanda has failed after the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg intervened Continue Reading
Rwanda Immigration Flight to Proceed
The government’s first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead on Tuesday, appeal court judges say. The flight was opposed by Detention Action and the PCS union, but the court said it was in the “public interest” to carry out the policy. The government has introduced a scheme Continue Reading
Government Statement on Afghan Refugees
Thousands of Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK under one of the most generous resettlement schemes in our country’s history. Those who have been forced to flee their home or face threats of persecution from the Taliban will be offered a route Continue Reading
