It is an unprecedented case. And it risks triggering an unprecedented threat to journalism. The UK police have repeatedly tried to obtain the passwords to the phones of the British independent journalist, Richard Medhurst, the first reporter arrested in London under Section 12: his analyses and comments on Israel’s bloodbath in Gaza – which Amnesty International has characterised as genocide – have been interpreted by the police as support for organisations banned from the UK, such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
The British journalists’ union, the NUJ, and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) publicly condemned his arrest and the use of anti-terrorism laws against journalists “simply for carrying out their work”.
Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 criminalises anyone who “invites support for a proscribed organisation” or “expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive” of such a group. Those arrested under the section say the threshold is so low that individuals could be arrested with no intention of doing anything they are charged with.
https://www.declassifieduk.org/free-speech-threatened-as-journalists-treated-like-terrorists/
This law seems so broad, that it could be used to arrest anyone they want.
How does “expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive” work? If Hamas is in support of rescueing puppies and I am in support of rescueing puppies, does that make me a terrorist in the UK?
This law seems so broad, that it could be used to arrest anyone they want.
that is very likely the point. the UK has been trying to crank down hard on the “troublemakers” with rather general laws recently. another example being section 7 of the public order act. or really just the public order act as a whole
If you search his name, you’ll see exactly zero big news orgs covering this story. BBC, Reuters, AFP, every British newspaper, all notable by their absence. Why? This is A Story, right?
It’s cool how some zionist piece of shit downvotes people who take his side. But pieces of shit exist, so oh well.
Every member of hamas and hezbollah is a piece of shit. So there’s that.
Okay, but what does that have to do with a journalist being arrested for investigating them?
So you’re saying he isn’t a supporter of those organisations?
So you’re saying investigating Israel makes him a terrorist?
This is his “investigating” https://youtu.be/N51xmP-EwSU
Terrorist slop content of IDF soldiers being shot because “oh it’s so impressive”.
Really great stuff to get terrorist dicks hard.
Hope this guy’s rots in a cell haha.
That was a really boring and poorly made video. Could you tell me what part of it makes you sure this man is a terrorist? I might have missed it.
Literally never said he was. I said he makes content for terrorists to jerk off to. I bet he cheers when he watches beheading videos. He’s a disgusting freak and should be locked up.
This is clear abuse of power and the officers detaining him should face false imprisonment charges.
“including a highly secure phone with a Graphene operating system”
Wow, what an endorsement.
As someone from a dictatorship I seriously can’t stress the importance of fighting this case and others like it. These people are trying to steal democracy from you, so hold on for dear life and do not let go. It’ll be too late if you wait until there’s a secret police arresting people for criticizing the state.