'A very frightening time': US terror tag endangers UK Palestine Action activists, critics say
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US designation of Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organization threatens to expose British activists to heightened surveillance and financial restrictions, campaigners warn. The American move complements Britain's earlier proscription of the group, which faces a Supreme Court legal challenge in November.
Washington's move to designate Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organisation could place British activists associated with the group at heightened risk of surveillance and being frozen out of the financial system, campaigners warn.
In a statement on its website, the US Department of the Treasury announced a slew of sanctions targeting “Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks”, including Palestine Action and Masar Badil, a movement that advocates for an "alternative revolutionary path" for Palestinian rights and freedoms.
Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati was also designated as a terrorist group for allegedly supplying “specialized digital architecture, tools, and services for Antifa cells and other violent far-left extremists, including a foreign terrorist organization”.
The statement described the move as "complementing" the British government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action in July last year, which will be subject to a legal challenge at the Supreme Court in November.
In a statement on its website, the US Department of the Treasury announced a slew of sanctions targeting “Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks”, including Palestine Action and Masar Badil, a movement that advocates for an "alternative revolutionary path" for Palestinian rights and freedoms.
Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati was also designated as a terrorist group for allegedly supplying “specialized digital architecture, tools, and services for Antifa cells and other violent far-left extremists, including a foreign terrorist organization”.
The statement described the move as "complementing" the British government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action in July last year, which will be subject to a legal challenge at the Supreme Court in November.
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