英国律师在最高法院表示，英国利用反恐权力取缔“巴勒斯坦行动”组织，已导致该组织被彻底摧毁。这是为推翻该禁令所做的最新尝试。
The UK’s use of anti-terror powers to outlaw Palestine Action has led to the group’s total destruction, its lawyers said at the UK’s highest court in the latest attempt to overturn the ban.
该组织律师拉扎·侯赛因周三向最高法院法官表示，这一认定使“巴勒斯坦行动”与基地组织等团体归入同一类别，已导致数千人因支持该组织而被捕，而该组织的许多行动“甚至并不构成犯罪”。
The designation, which places Palestine Action in the same category as groups like al-Qaeda, has led to thousands of arrests for supporting a group many of whose actions “were not even criminal,” Raza Husain, a lawyer for the group, told Supreme Court judges on Wednesday.
围绕加沙冲突的争论暴露了英国的政治紧张局势，尤其是对执政的工党而言。工党一直在捍卫长期盟友以色列与为巴勒斯坦公民的人权发声之间走钢丝，后者引发了党内左翼的愤怒。
Debate around the conflict in Gaza has laid bare political tensions in the UK, particularly for the governing Labour Party that has walked a fine line between defending longtime ally Israel and speaking out for the human rights of Palestinian citizens — a move that has provoked ire from the left of the party.
“巴勒斯坦行动”最初在高院推翻了该禁令，但今年6月，上诉法院法官支持了政府的原决定。最高法院法官将在周三和周四听取辩论，预计将于新年作出裁决。
Palestine Action initially overturned the ban at the High Court had, but in June an appeals judges sided with government’s original decision. Supreme Court judges will hear arguments over Wednesday and Thursday with a decision expected in the New Year.
该组织律师辩称，在该组织五年内实施的共385次抗议行动中，仅有三次符合政府对恐怖主义的定义。该禁令是对包括损坏军用飞机在内的活动的不成比例的反应，并侵犯了抗议的人权。
Just three of a total 385 acts of protest the group carried out in a five-year period met the government’s definition of terrorism, the group’s lawyers argued. The ban is a disproportionate response to activities that have included damaging military aircraft, and violates a human right to protest.
政府律师在法庭文件中表示，被定义为恐怖主义的三起事件与该组织对其成员的指导方针一致，并指控他们实施严重暴力。他们表示，该禁令是合法且相称的。
Lawyers for the government said in court filings that the three incidents defined as terrorism were in line with the group’s guidance to its members, and accused them of serious violence. They said the ban was lawful and proportionate.
他们说，该组织“专门宣传其袭击并试图激进化他人”，还“鼓励他人对财产造成严重破坏”。
The group had “specifically promoted its attacks and sought to radicalize others” and “encouraged others to undertake serious damage to property,” they said.
政府此前曾表示，部长们必须保留广泛权力以应对国家安全威胁，并坚称该禁令针对的是暴力和犯罪行为，而非和平抗议。公民自由团体、活动人士以及一些工党议员表示，对这样一个抗议团体动用反恐权力，有可能将异见定罪，并让针对以色列政府的合法批评受到寒蝉效应。
The government previously said that ministers must retain broad powers to act against threats to national security and insisted the ban was aimed at violent and criminal conduct, not peaceful protest. Civil liberties groups, campaigners and some Labour lawmakers said using terrorism powers against the protest group risked criminalizing dissent and chilling legitimate criticism of Israel’s government.
“这一决定不影响支持巴勒斯坦事业的合法抗议，这仍然是一项基本民主权利，”内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德在7月表示。“支持巴勒斯坦与支持一个被取缔的恐怖组织是有区别的。”目前约有700起针对“巴勒斯坦行动”抗议者的刑事案件正等待开庭审理或认罪答辩。自该认定生效以来，已有超过3000人被捕。
“This decision does not affect lawful protest in support of the Palestinian cause, which remains a fundamental democratic right,” Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, said in July. “There is a difference between supporting Palestine and supporting a proscribed terrorist group.”There are around 700 criminal cases against Palestine Action protestors waiting to go to trial or plea. More than 3,000 people have been arrested since the designation came into effect.