FORMER diplomat Craig Murray has told how he was detained under draconian anti-terror laws after attending a pro-Palestine protest.
blogger was returning from Reykjavik on Monday where he had been attending a meeting of a campaign group he is part of calling for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s freedom.
The Act gives police officers the power to question people without a lawyer present and to strip them of their right to remain silent.Murray told The National: “I came back from Reykjavik on Monday morning and I was detained at Glasgow Airport by the police after I came through passport control. “They asked me why I’d attended a Palestine demonstration in Iceland and they asked me if I intended to attend any demonstrations for Palestine in the UK.
“But if they’re people I know, like the Palestine Solidarity Campaign or Stop the War, then I trust them as a sensible organisation in terms of who they invite. He said he is still awaiting the return of his phone and laptop after he was released without charge after an hour of questioning. We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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