The co-founder of a pro-Palestinian campaign group sought on Monday to challenge the British government's decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, a move her lawyers said had "the hallmarks of an authoritarian and blatant abuse of power".

The banning of protest group Palestine Action has made the UK government an “international outlier” when it comes to political protest, lawyers representing one of its co-founders told the High Court in London on Monday.

Police officers are getting the law wrong when shutting down legal pro-Palestine protests using terrorism laws, a High Court judge has said. The government controversially decided to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation,