# ‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine Action activists could face terrorism sentencing

https://mins.news/en/item/28093

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-21 06:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/21/very-unusual-uk-palestine-activists-could-be-sentenced-as-terrorists?traffic_source=rss

> A UK court is due to decide whether five Palestine Action activists convicted of causing £212,000 in damage during a protest at a Barclays branch in Burnley will receive sentences involving a “terrorist connection”. A criminal lawyer called the recent use of the provision highly unusual, noting the group was not proscribed when the action took place.