CAGE files landmark legal challenge to UK’s proscription of Hamas – Middle East Monitor

CAGE International has filed a formal legal application with the UK Home Secretary to remove Hamas from the government’s list of proscribed organisations, in a case described as a pivotal defence of political speech and civil liberties in Britain.

The submission, filed on 2 June, was not made on behalf of Hamas. It argues that the ban of the Palestinian group violates core rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), including freedom of…