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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after pro-Palestine speech (www.aljazeera.com)

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Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London.

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[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Oh look, the overreaching anti-terrorism laws are being used to silence anyone who disagrees with the government. That’s definitely not something anyone saw coming