由于美国对“巴勒斯坦行动”组织的制裁，一项旨在筹集资金、以向英国最高法院提起诉讼反对禁令的在线众筹活动遭到阻止。
An online crowdfunder to raise money for the UK supreme court challenge to the ban on Palestine Action has been blocked as a result of US sanctions against the direct action group.
英国的CrowdJustice平台拒绝为该组织发起的法律费用筹款活动提供服务，原因是该平台使用的支付处理服务由美国公司Stripe提供。
CrowdJustice, a UK company, has declined to host a fundraiser for legal fees to fight proscription because the platform uses the US company Stripe as its payment processor.
据《卫报》获得的一封邮件显示，CrowdJustice方面称，Stripe已明确表示“无法为与‘巴勒斯坦行动’组织相关或旨在为其谋利的任何账户及交易提供支持，包括为相关法律诉讼筹集资金的情形”。上个月，唐纳德·特朗普依据乔治·W·布什总统在2001年“9·11”事件后颁布的行政命令实施了针对该组织的制裁。
In an email seen by the Guardian, CrowdJustice said Stripe had confirmed “that it cannot support accounts or transactions linked to, or for the benefit of, Palestine Action This includes circumstances where funds are being raised for legal proceedings.”US sanctions were imposed last month by Donald Trump, using powers introduced by President George W Bush in 2001 shortly after the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaida on the twin towers in New York.
作为发起此次法律诉讼以反对英国禁令的“巴勒斯坦行动”组织联合创始人，胡达·阿莫里表示：“由于CrowdJustice及其他平台均依赖美国的服务，我们无法筹集到用于最高法院诉讼所需的法律费用。”
Huda Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, who has brought the legal challenge against the UK ban, said: “Due to CrowdJustice’s and other platforms’ reliance on US services, we are unable to fundraise for legal fees needed for our supreme court challenge.
“反观英国政府，却动用了数百万英镑来支付其辩护费用，以维护这项极端严苛且不成比例的禁令。该禁令实施以来，已有超过3700人因举牌支持该组织而被捕。英国与美国正竭尽全力设置重重障碍，试图让我们在诉讼中处于绝对劣势。”据《独立报》报道，英国内政部已花费70万英镑在高等法院为维持禁令辩护；由于该案件随后又被上诉法院受理，且法院推翻了高等法院关于禁令违法的裁决，案件将于11月移交至英国最高法院审理，因此政府实际支出的费用还将远高于此数额。
“On the other hand, the state continues to spend millions of pounds to cover their legal costs to defend the disproportionate and draconian ban, which has led to more than 3,700 arrests for holding signs [allegedly supporting a proscribed organisation]. The British government and the US are putting every possible obstacle in our way, in order to stack the odds against us.”The Home Office has spent £700,000 defending proscription in the high court, according to the Independent The total amount spent by the government will be far higher as the case has since been heard by the court of appeal which overturned the high court’s decision that the ban was unlawful and moves to the UK’s highest court in November.
去年6月，时任内政大臣伊薇特·库珀（Yvette Cooper）宣布打算根据英国法律禁止巴勒斯坦行动，将该组织与伊斯兰国和博科圣地（Boko Haram）等组织并列。博科圣地是CrowdJustice筹款机构，筹集法律费用，为高等法院的挑战提供资金，几天内筹集了超过30万英镑。
When the then home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced her intention to ban Palestine Action under UK law in June last year, placing the group alongside the likes of Islamic State and Boko Haram, a CrowdJustice fundraiser for legal fees to fund a high court challenge raised more than £300,000 within days.
安莫里说：“显然，权贵们联合起来反对公民凭良心反对以色列战争机器和对巴勒斯坦的种族清洗。非常明显，巴勒斯坦行动组织面临比以色列更严厉的制裁。
Ammori said: “Clearly, the powerful have banded together against citizens acting on their conscience against the Israeli war machine and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. It is extremely clear that Palestine Action faces harsher sanctions than Israel.
“最高法院的案件对于我们在英国的言论自由权极其重要，而且对于巴勒斯坦人民也是如此。如果我们成功，所有对举着标语的抗议者的起诉都将被理所当然地撤销。如果没有，我们将目睹数千人因持有标语牌而面临牢狱之灾。”英国前外交官克雷格·默里（Craig Murray）正在苏格兰单独挑战巴勒斯坦行动禁令的合法性，在美国将该组织指定为全球恐怖组织后，他自己的众筹正义组织的法律费用筹款活动被取消。
“The supreme court case is extremely important for our rights to free speech in Britain, but also for the people of Palestine. If we are successful, all prosecutions of protesters who held signs will be rightfully quashed. If not, we will witness thousands of people facing jail for holding placards.”The former British diplomat Craig Murray, who is separately challenging the legality of the ban on Palestine Action in Scotland had his own CrowdJustice fundraiser for legal fees taken down after the US designated the group as a global terrorist organisation.
“这真的很可耻，”穆雷说。“你们不仅制定了严厉的立法，禁止影响言论自由的巴勒斯坦行动，而且还采取了措施削弱我们通过法院合法对抗的能力，这只是在不公正中增添了不公正。”Stripe表示不会对个人用户发表评论。人们还联系了CrowdJustice请其置评。
“It’s really disgraceful,” Murray said. “Not only do you have draconian legislation with the proscription of Palestine Action affecting freedom of speech but you’ve then got moves to cripple our ability to fight it legally through the courts, which is just adding injustice to injustice.”Stripe said it did not comment on individual users. CrowdJustice was also approached for comment.