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The British High Court ruled Friday that the United Kingdom government’s ban on the anti-genocide advocacy group Palestine Action was unlawful, a decision that campaigners cheered as a major victory while also demanding the dismissal of all charges against those arrested and imprisoned for backing the group.

The UK-based Stop the War Coalition noted that roughly 3,000 activists have been arrested on terrorism charges for “holding signs in support of Palestine Action,” which has targeted the UK operations of Israeli weapons manufacturers and engaged in civil disobedience to protest Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. More than 250 people have been charged under the Terrorism Act due to the Palestine Action ban, according to the Associated Press, and more than 20 people are still jailed while awaiting trial.

Lindsey German, convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, called the High Court’s ruling “fantastic news” and “an utter humiliation for Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood, and the rest in this most authoritarian government in living memory,” referring to the UK’s foreign secretary and home secretary.

German said UK authorities must now “drop all the charges........

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