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”.

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    Awww, that’s sweet. You’re trying to humiliate me. It isn’t working.
    Anyway, what is your argument? It very much seems like you’re saying this guy should be locked up because you find him disgusting. If there’s more to it than that, then maybe you should explain what you mean.

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      Yes it’s a pity you seem immune to shame. Very Trump-like. My argument is spelled out clear as day. Meanwhile we have no idea why you carry water for a terrorist simp like Richard Medhurst. Find an adult to read it to you if you are having trouble. You don’t seem to understand simple cause and effect so it’s not a stretch to imagine your reading comprehension suffers as well.

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        So your argument is just that this guy should go to jail because you dislike him, then.
        Why is every accusation an admission with you people?

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          Once again, not even close to my argument. Why is every accusation a smokescreen for even worse shit and weak strawmen with you people?

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            Once again, then: state your argument so I can evaluate it. Otherwise it’s just the original “he needs to go to prison because I don’t like him” along with a big dash of, “you’re such a stupid poo face poo poo head”.