Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban

Exclusive: Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to attack on fundamental freedoms' of assembly and protest

• Letter: Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms

Naomi Klein and Angela Davis are among dozens of international scholars and writers who have signed a letter to the Guardian calling on the UK government to reverse the ban on Palestine Action.

The letter applauds what it describes as a growing campaign of collective defiance" against the ban and commends the courageous stand" of hundreds of people who plan to risk arrest by declaring their support for Palestine Action during a mass protest in London on Saturday.