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motorbiking said:
You think the court gave them an exemption from being prosecuted for criminal acts in the name of the cause?

don't be daft
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The jury found them not guilty so that was the verdict of the court...

That is all that you need to understand :rolleyes:
 
ellal said:
The jury found them not guilty so that was the verdict of the court...

That is all that you need to understand :rolleyes:
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what case are you talking about now?

All that has happened is this:
the Court upheld the Claimant’s challenge that the Home Secretary failed to comply with her own policy when making the decision to proscribe Palestine Action and that proscription breached the rights of Freedom of Expression and Assembly as protected under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Nothing in this ruling gives any PA members the right to destroy stuff.
 
MNW67 said:
In what way?

I've not found much analysis yet.
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"The court found the ban was unlawful because it was not consistent with the government's own policy to limit the power to proscribe a terrorist group, and that it interfered with activists' legal rights to freedom of speech and association"
 
ellal said:
"The court found the ban was unlawful because it was not consistent with the government's own policy to limit the power to proscribe a terrorist group, and that it interfered with activists' legal rights to freedom of speech and association"
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thus not giving them the right to go around and destroy things.

Glad we got there.
 
motorbiking said:
what case are you talking about now?

All that has happened is this:
the Court upheld the Claimant’s challenge that the Home Secretary failed to comply with her own policy when making the decision to proscribe Palestine Action and that proscription breached the rights of Freedom of Expression and Assembly as protected under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Nothing in this ruling gives any PA members the right to destroy stuff.
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How many pages are you going to go on for trying to argue against court decisions and the law that you have clearly misunderstood...

And that those you describe as criminals have been found to be innocent...

Feel free to argue away, but them's the facts :)
 
motorbiking said:
thus not giving them the right to go around and destroy things.
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Show me where I have said otherwise...

I have said that they were found innocent.

Do you accept that they are innocent and are not criminals as you claimed?

Yes or no.
 
This seems to be the important bit in the press release:

When considering whether the interference was proportionate, the court attached real weight to the fact that Palestine Action has undertaken activities amounting to terrorism as defined by section 1(1) of the 2000 Act, and the court noted that the claimant had not sought to argue that this assessment was mistaken. [135] to [137] The court also recognised it had to give weight to the opinion formed by the Home Secretary who has both political and practical responsibility to ensure public safety. Overall, however the court considered that the proscription of Palestine Action was disproportionate. A very small number of Palestine Action’s activities amounted to acts of terrorism within the definition of section 1 of the 2000 Act. For these, and for Palestine Action’s other criminal activities, the general criminal law remains available. The nature and scale of Palestine Action’s activities falling within the definition of terrorism had not yet reached the level, scale and persistence to warrant proscription.
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MNW67 said:
They weren't found innocent.

Wasn't it a hung jury.

No decision was made as to whether they were either guilty or not guilty.
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You're forgetting the important bit - innocent until proven guilty...
 
I wonder if any of those who agree with the illegal banning actions of the state also agree with this breaking of the law?

"More than 20 Palestine Action members are still awaiting trial and many have been held beyond maximum detention limits"
 
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