# Actors and writers condemn UK anti-terror law targeting Sally Rooney

https://mins.news/en/item/109963

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-21 18:35 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/actors-writers-condemn-uk-anti-terror-law-targeting-sally-rooney?traffic_source=rss

> Dozens of prominent writers, actors and activists have signed an open letter supporting Irish novelist Sally Rooney and denouncing the UK law used to proscribe Palestine Action as a “repressive absurdity.” Rooney says her books were withdrawn from UK sale because of her public support for the group, which the British government designated a “terrorist organisation.”

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