The British government filed to block a legal challenge to UK-based activist group Palestine Action’s designation as a terrorist organization on Thursday.

The UK Home Office submitted the request to divert a High Court decision from July that approved group leader Huda Ammori’s request for judicial review before the court. If the block succeeds, judicial review will go through a specialist tribunal as opposed to the High Court.

The group was designated as a terrorist organization under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 after group members spray-painted two British aircraft there were allegedly used to transport arms to Israel. The designation makes membership illegal and punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment. Any financial contributions or shows of support were also made illegal.

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