Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk on Wednesday submitted a formal legal application on behalf of the Palestinian group to UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, calling for her to remove its designation as a terror group, Al Jazeera reports.<\/p>\n
Marzouk, the head of international relations and the legal office for Hamas\u2019s political bureau, wrote in the filing that Hamas is a \u201cPalestinian Islamic liberation and resistance movement whose goal is to liberate Palestine and confront the Zionist project\u201d.<\/p>\n
The more than 100-page filing \u2014 which draws on 20 scholars, including former ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice John Dugard \u2014 argues that proscribing Hamas represents a violation of the UK\u2019s obligations under international law not to be complicit in genocide.<\/p>\n
The filing also argues that the UK\u2019s proscription stands in breach of the group\u2019s rights to freedom of expression and assembly and is disproportionate.<\/p>\n
The legal team representing Marzouk, Riverway Law, argued in its own court filing that while Hamas\u2019s actions may fit the definition of \u201cterrorism\u201d under UK law, so do the Israeli military\u2019s actions, as well as those of Ukraine\u2019s army and the UK military.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe client\u2019s application situates the significance of bringing such an application in the UK due to the historic and continued role the British government has played in the dispossession of the Palestinian people,\u201d the firm said in a post on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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