00:02more than 20 demonstrators assembled outside the central london court before the start of the
00:08hearing on wednesday with police officers seen carrying several people away into nearby vans
00:13the met police later said that 27 people had been arrested on suspicion of displaying support
00:19for a prescribed organization the case has come to the supreme court after group co-founder
00:24huda amore challenged then home secretary yvette cooper's 2025 decision to ban the group at the
00:31high court with three judges finding in february that it was unlawful but five courts of appeal
00:37judges overturned that decision in june finding the ban was indeed lawful and a justified and
00:43proportionate interference with freedom of expression rights in written submissions james ed for the home
00:49office said the court of appeal had rejected miss amore's attempt to portray palestine action as a
00:55non-violent direct action protest group he later said acts which involved serious damage to property
01:02could be considered terrorism and the action did not need to involve violence or an intent to endanger
01:08life sir james also said that the group's ban does not prevent public support for palestine
01:14or opposition to israel and the idf raza hussein representing this amore said the ban has led to
01:21the total destruction of a protest group which enjoyed widespread support from across civil society
