US EditionTop UK screenwriter Laverty arrested at pro-Palestine protest
Paul Laverty was charged for publicly supporting Palestine Action, a group banned for direct actions against Israeli weapons factories, with over 700 arrests linked to protests since July.
- Screenwriter Paul Laverty, 68, was arrested in Edinburgh under the Terrorism Act 2000 for "showing support for a proscribed organisation" while attending a pro-Palestine protest.
- Laverty, a collaborator of filmmaker Ken Loach, wrote the screenplays for acclaimed films like "I, Daniel Blake" and "The Wind That Shakes the Barley".
- Police Scotland said Laverty was arrested for allegedly supporting Palestine Action, which was recently designated as a terror group by UK authorities due to acts of vandalism.
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Since July, 'Palestine Action' has been categorized by law as a terrorist organization in the United Kingdom, after some of its members vandalized two aircraft on a military base.
He has been accused of supporting the Palestine Action organization, considered a terrorist organization by the British government.
Ken Loach’s Screenwriter Arrested at Edinburgh Pro-Palestine Protest
Paul Laverty, who wrote the award-winning screenplays for ‘I, Daniel Blake,’ ‘Sweet Sixteen’ and ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley,’ was charged over wearing a t-shirt supporting a banned organization.Read MoreThe post Ken Loach’s Screenwriter Arrested at Edinburgh Pro-Palestine Protest first appeared on The Who Dat Daily.
Unsuccessful T-shirt: the winner of the Cannes Film Festival was arrested in Edinburgh: EADaily
EADaily, August 26th, 2025. 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.
screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested for wearing shirt with “Palestine” and “Action” separately
Award-winner targeted by authoritarian policing Double Palme d'Or winning screenwriter (and lawyer) Paul Laverty was arrested on Monday, a day on which Israel twice bombed a Gaza hospital in order to slaughter journalists and rescue workers, for supposedly supporting Palestine Action, the non-violent direct action group banned as terrorists - at the behest of pro-Israel…
Solidarity with Palestine Action!
In July, the solidarity group Palestine Action was “proscribed” — banned — by the British government for allegedly violating the Terrorism Act, passed by Parliament in 2000. The Act prohibits “serious damage to property” even when no human beings are hurt. In the case of Palestine Action, the fact t
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