The Court of Appeal ruled the ban on Palestine Action was lawful. The UK government had appealed the High Court’s February ruling, which found the proscription disproportionate. The High Court had determined the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. The Court of Appeal, according to one report, found the ban to be a justified and proportionate interference with freedom of expression. Palestine Action was proscribed under UK terrorism laws on July 5 of the previous year. A judge, according to the Times of Israel, characterized Palestine Action as a covert organization operating with secret cells. Four Palestine Action activists were jailed days before the Court of Appeal ruling. Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, criticized the ban and welcomed the High Court’s earlier ruling that it was unlawful. She said the fight to overturn the ban would be won in the courts or on the streets. More than 100 people were arrested outside the Royal Courts of Justice following the Court of Appeal ruling, with protesters holding signs reading 'I support Palestine Action.'