Greenpeace UK speaks for many activist groups in a press release made on Monday. Reflecting on the Home Secretary's humiliation in the courts after a supreme court ruling that the activist group Palestine Action was not illegal, Greenpeace, say that the courts are needed to defend public protest. The ruling on Palestine Action could have implications for LGBTQIA+ groups who protest publically. Greenpeace UK state: I was at the rally outside the court house when the news was announced. People were crying tears of joy and hugging. People who’ve lost friends and family in the ongoing crisis in Gaza or who have been facing life-changing terror charges, finally felt a moment of relief. It was incredible to see such joy - which only highlights how absurd it was that this proscription happened in the first place. While this is a victory, the government is still pushing ahead with more anti-protest laws. Proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation puts them on the same level as Al-Qaeda, Isis and National Action. This is a ridiculous and blatant attack on our fundamental right to protest as well as a huge misuse of terror laws.  Since the proscription, almost 3,000 people have been arrested under terror laws - and that's mostly for just holding a sign that simply says ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’. This isn’t just worrying - this is outrageous. The courts have seen sense, but the government is still hellbent on eroding your hard won right to protest. Our rights weren’t gifted to us, they were born from decades of struggle, from the trade union, Suffragette and countless other movements. Without protest Greenpeace would not be able to expose environmental crimes or force change.

Meanwhile, the communist daily newspaper Morning Star has called on the Home Secretary to resign over the Palestine Action debacle, and gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has told atheist magazine New Humanist that the outlawing of protest groups was worrying and profoundly illegal.