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British journalist could face years in prison for refusing to hand over his passwords to the police (www.ilfattoquotidiano.it)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics

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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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[–] wick@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That's very easy to clear up. You see Richard Medhurst loves those things and supports the people that do them, and you defend him, so here we are. The video I posted shows him ejeculating over 2 IDF soldiers being shot with one bullet, like it's a CoD montage, and you defended that too. Cry all you want about whether section 12 of the UK terrorism act should exist, but don't pretend Medhurst shouldn't be fully investigated for breaking it, including his phone being searched for even more explicit support of these groups.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

Ok so here are the problems with your argument:

Richard Medhurst loves those things

No, he doesn't. Or at least I've seen no compelling evidence he does.

you defend him

you defended that too.

No, I didn't.