Hamas challenges UK terrorism designation

Hamas has challenged the UK designation of its political wing as a terrorist organisation. British lawyers acting on behalf of Hamas submitted a 106-page legal application to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, in an attempt to have the 2021 designation reversed. But the appeal is likely to be given short shrift by the UK, after Ms Cooper called the organisation “barbaric”. “Hamas is a terrorist organisation. It was a barbaric terrorist attack on October 7 [2023]. Hamas has long been a terrorist organisation,” she told LBC radio on Thursday, less than 24 hours after the appeal was lodged.