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August 2025 (2)
Aug 22 2025 11:45AM
Amnesty International launches global action to protect protest rights in the UK/Scotland

Amnesty International has launched a global ‘urgent action’ to protect the right to protest in the UK, following the arrest, since July 2025, of over 700 people for peacefully protesting in support of Palestine Action. 70 of the people...

Aug 19 2025 5:09PM
Letter to Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate

Following arrests of Palestine Action protestors, we wrote to the Scottish Chief Constable and Lord Advocate on the policing of peaceful protests for Palestine, urging them to respect protesters' freedom of expression and to exercise...

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