‘Immensely heartened’: Sally Rooney hails Palestine Action high court ruling as victory for UK civil liberties
The Guardian World
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondentFebruary 21, 2026
Exclusive: Irish author, who feared her books being withdrawn from UK, says proscription had been ‘extreme assault’ on rights and freedoms
Sally Rooney has hailed the high court’s decision that it was unlawful to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws as a victory for civil liberties in Britain.
Ministers suffered a humiliating legal defeat a week ago when three senior judges ruled that proscription of the direct action group, which targets organisations it considers complicit in arming Israel, was disproportionate and unlawful.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/21/2026