Alleged Palestine Action activists set for hunger strike

Jailed alleged Palestine Action (PA) activists look set to go on hunger strike. The group are being held in jail over allegations they took part in actions against genocide-linked arms firms and other infrastructure. The Guardian reports they’ve chosen the anniversary of the Balfour declaration to begin.

A letter was handed into the Home Office on 20 October by previously imprisoned activists Francesca Nadin and Audrey Corno. It reads:

The government must make the correct decision and give the prisoners the basic legal rights that they have been denied. The government has left the prisoners with no other option but to hunger strike for their freedom and justice.

The unnamed prisoners added:

The prisoners are firm in the knowledge that they have massive support both here and internationally, and that the people will come together to take action in their name. This is a direct result of not only the government’s appalling actions towards the prisoners but also their active participation in the genocide in Gaza.

Filton and Brize Norton

It is understood the prisoner include those on remand in relation to an action at Filton in 2024 and one at Brize Norton in 2025.

Lawyers recently won the right to appeal the state’s ban on PA. The hearing that will now go ahead is scheduled for three days beginning on 25 November. And, as the Guardian reported, the case is significant because it’s:

…the first time that an organisation banned under anti-terrorism law has been granted a court trial to challenge proscription.

2000 people currently face counter-terrorism charges for allegations of supporting PA. Hearings began on 15 October. The government’s pursuit of non-violent protestors has been widely condemned. And that’s included condemnation from anonymous sources within the security state.

An MI6 source told reporter Matt Kennard on 7 October:

NEW: A source very close to the senior leadership of MI6 has got in contact. They wanted to make public the opposition within the intelligence agency to the proscription of Palestine Action.

Senior figures are said to feel it is a distraction from the battle against real…

— Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) October 7, 2025

In response to the appeal judgment, the Home Office said:

Palestine Action has conducted an escalating campaign. This has involved sustained criminal damage, including to Britain’s national security infrastructure, as well as intimidation, alleged violence and serious injuries.

The government have presented no evidence to support claims PA committed acts of violence. And, after the proscribed group being given the go-ahead to appeal their ban, this move from actionists will only continue to show up the rancid morality of the government.

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