On Sunday, August 17, the campaign group Defend Our Juries filed a formal contempt of court complaint against Home Secretary Yvette Cooper over an article she published in The Observer. The complaint followed Cooper’s repeated insinuations that the government proscribed the activist group Palestine Action due to their violent actions against people.

The letter, addressed to Attorney General Richard Hermer KC MP, centered on an article written by Cooper in The Observer, titled Yvette Cooper: Palestine Action’s violent criminality is not lawful protest. In the article, Cooper stated:

“Demonstrating is vital to free speech, but this right does not extend to violence, intimidation, and inflicting injuries.” However, Defend Our Juries highlighted that the proscription of Palestine Action wa

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