In Edinburgh (Scotland), a British screenwriter, winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Paul Laverty, was detained at a protest in support of Palestine. This is reported by The Guardian portal.
It is specified that he was detained for wearing a T-shirt, the image on which "allegedly refers to the banned protest group Palestine Action.
Laverty participated in a protest outside the police station in the city center in support of Moira MacFarlane, a member of the Scottish organization "Campaign of Solidarity with Palestine." She was to be charged under article 13 of the Terrorism Act for wearing a T-shirt with the inscription "Genocide in Palestine, it's time to act."
The arrest of the 68-year-old screenwriter was confirmed by the Scottish Police, specifying that he was also suspected under the Terrorism Act for "providing support to a banned organization."
The group was banned on July 5, after which the most massive protests in support of Palestine took place throughout the UK, during which 532 people were detained.
Paul Laverty is a world-famous screenwriter. In 2002, he won the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival for the script of the film "Sweet Sixteen years". He also wrote the scripts of the films "My name is Joe", "The Wind that shakes the Heather" and "I, Daniel Blake", on which he worked with British director Ken Loach.
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