Pro-Palestinian campaign organisation Palestine Action has said it has initiated legal proceedings to challenge the British government’s intention to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, Reuters reports.

Palestine Action previously condemned the government’s move, calling it “an unhinged reaction”, and said that London’s High Court had granted the group an urgent hearing on Friday to consider permission for a legal challenge to the proscription.

The group is seeking a court order to prevent the government from proscribing the group pending its case being heard, Palestine Action said.

It includes written statements from human rights experts at Amnesty International and others that have expressed concerns “about the unlawful misuse of anti-terror measures to criminalise dissent”.

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