The co-founder of a pro-Palestinian campaign group has won her bid to bring a legal challenge against the British government’s decision to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, Reuters reports.

Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, asked London’s High Court to give the go-ahead for a full challenge to the group’s proscription, which was made on the grounds that it committed or participated in acts of terrorism.

Earlier this month, the High Court refused Ammori’s application to pause the ban and, following an unsuccessful last-ditch appeal, Palestine Action’s proscription came into effect just after midnight on July 5.

Proscription makes it a crime to be a member of the group, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Judge Martin Chamberlain granted permission for Ammori to bring a judicial review, saying that her case that the proscription amounted to a disproportionate interference with her and others’ right to freedom of expression was “reasonably arguable”.