Sam Walton | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sam-Walton-activist.jpg) Sam Walton at a vigil | |
| Born | Sam Walton 1980s[1] UK |
| Occupation(s) | Peace and human rights advocate |
| Years active | 2011 - present |
| Known for | Peace activism, CEO Free Tibet |
Sam Walton (born 1980s in London) is a British peace activist and, as of March 2020, Chief Executive of Free Tibet and Tibet Watch.[2] He is most well known for his arrest on 29 January 2017 at Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire on suspicion of criminal damage after attempting to "disarm war planes" which he believed were bound for Saudi Arabia.[3]
Walton is a Quaker and used to work for Quaker Peace and Social Witness.[4][5]
- ^ https://www.thetimes.com/article/protester-invasion-halts-cable-speech-to-arms-industry-63wj06csf35
- ^ "Sam Walton takes the helm at Free Tibet and Tibet Watch". Tibet Watch. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Two arrested over 'disarming warplanes'". BBC News. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Quaker peace work". Quakers. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Interview: Peace crime". Reform Magazine. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.