THE arrest of a Palestinian rights activist in Dundee has led to concerns over the right to protest in Scotland.
Jim Barlow, a 71-year-old socialist, is accused of taking part in a more than 600-strong demonstration against Israel’s war on Gaza in Dundee city centre on Saturday, October 28.
Defend the right to protest! Police arrested Dundee socialist Jim Barlow in his house. They may charge him with incitement for leading a march during a 600-strong Palestine solidarity protest on Saturday. Messages of support to [email protected] to The National, Barlow expressed concern that the well-documented restrictions on the right to protest in England and Wales, introduced by the
“Although doesn’t apply in Scotland, they will eventually try to import those sorts of restrictions on protest up here," he says. There has in Scotland, says Barlow, “been a slow drip drip from the state and government about what you can and cannot do ". The activist also points to the “irony” of a Scottish protest against the war on Gaza being described as “illegal” when Israel’s actions contravene international laws on human rights and the conduct of war. Indeed, he says, “Israel is ignoring a new United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire.”Civil rights concerns over the police response to the Tayside protest have also been raised by Dundee Trades Union Council .
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