A co-founder of pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action asked a London court on Friday to pause a British government decision to ban it under anti-terrorism laws, a move her lawyers said was an "authoritarian abuse" of the law.

Banning Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was considered by the Government months before the break-in at RAF Brize Norton, the High Court has heard. Huda Ammori, the group’s co-founder, has sought to bring a legal challenge against the Home Office because of Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000.

British lawmakers voted in favor of banning activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, despite concerns.