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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    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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      14 hours ago

      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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        8 hours ago

        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”.