00:00Violent protest groups are set to be proscribed without their supporters being labelled terrorists
00:06under a Lord's-backed proposal. The government's decision to prescribe Palestine action using the
00:12Terrorism Act 2000 was divisive and it has been controversial, Lord Walney warned as he introduced
00:19his proposal. The government's former political violent Tsar added, the sight of people being
00:24arrested and charged for holding up signs is uncomfortable. Parliament agreed to ban Palestine
00:30action using the Terrorism Law in July last year, listing the group alongside Boko Haram,
00:36Hamas and the Russian Imperial Movement. Expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive
00:41of a prescribed organisation is a crime.
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