英国和爱尔兰儿童文学奖获得者克里斯·霍顿和尼古拉·戴维斯宣布，将把英国书籍销售所得版税捐赠给作家萨莉·鲁尼，以声援其因支持巴勒斯坦行动组织而被迫停止在英国销售图书的遭遇1。霍顿表示："作为作者，我们需要关注言论自由，这只是与一位勇敢发声的作者的团结"1。戴维斯宣布将《战争来临之日》的半年版税捐给鲁尼1。两位获奖者认为针对鲁尼的禁令违反了言论自由权1。
巴勒斯坦行动组织于去年7月根据英国《反恐法》被列为恐怖组织1。向已知或有合理理由怀疑会被用于恐怖活动的组织提供资金最高可处14年监禁1。英国最高法院将于11月4-5日审理针对该组织禁令的法律诉讼，涉及言论和抗议自由权1。
British and Irish children's literature award winners Chris Haughton and Nicola Davies have announced they will donate their UK book royalties to author Sally Rooney in solidarity with her situation 1. Rooney has been forced to halt UK sales of her books after facing consequences related to her support for Palestine Action, an organization designated as a terrorist group under British law 1.
Both laureates view the sales prohibition as a violation of free speech rights 1. Haughton stated: "I really want to express full support for Sally Rooney. As authors, we need to care about freedom of expression, which is everything we do, this is just solidarity with a brave author who has spoken out" 1. Davies, who announced she would donate half of her UK royalties from The Day War Came to Rooney, drew a stark comparison to illustrate the humanitarian stakes: "Gaza is smaller in area than Flintshire in Wales, it's like all the children of Wales concentrated there and being bombed" 1.
Palestine Action was first designated as a terrorist organization under British counterterrorism law in July of the previous year, placing it alongside groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram 1. Providing financial support to organizations with known or reasonably suspected links to terrorist activities carries a maximum prison sentence of fourteen years under UK law 1. The UK Supreme Court is scheduled to hear legal arguments challenging the designation on November 4–5, with proceedings centered on the rights to free speech and protest 1.
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