Screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested at Palestine protest in Edinburgh

Published on August 25, 2025 at 05:29 PM
Screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested at Palestine protest in Edinburgh

Ken Loach collaborator was allegedly wearing a T-shirt that referenced banned group Palestine Action

The award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a T-shirt that allegedly referenced the proscribed protest group Palestine Action.

Laverty was attending a protest outside St Leonard’s police station in the city centre to support Moira McFarlane, a member of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who was due to be charged under section 13 of the Terrorist Act for wearing a T-shirt with the words: “Genocide in Palestine, time to take Action”.

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