Police Scotland accused of 'injuring 63-year-old Palestine activist'
The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (GGEC) later claimed she had been 'brought unnecessarily to the ground' and 'sustained debilitating injuries' that required hospital treatment.
Activists had organised a week-long series of events in the CCA's public space to demonstrate against the board's refusal to adopt a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) policy or endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).
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However, it was shut down on the first day, with police called to remove demonstrators from the building.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said at the time: 'Around 12.55pm on Tuesday, 24 June, 2025, we received a report of a disturbance involving a large group on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
'One woman, aged 63, has been arrested in connection.'
The GGEC claimed that Murray had been subject to a 'brutal arrest and hospitalisation by Police Scotland officers'.
A statement from the group alleged that 'despite being seriously injured, unable to walk, and pleading for medical help', she was placed into a police van before being taken to a station.
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It said that she had been 'deemed unable to walk by medics' and taken to hospital, where she remained for two weeks.
Video of the incident on social media shows Murray laying handcuffed, half-in a police van, as she says she cannot get further in.
A Police Scotland spokesperson did not address the allegations in the statement. They said only: "A complaint has been received and is being assessed."
The Scottish Ambulance Service said it had no record of being involved in treating a person in those circumstances on that date.
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