British journalist could face years in prison for refusing to hand over his passwords to the police - Il Fatto Quotidiano
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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 …

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”.

  • wick@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • crapwittyname@lemm.ee
      2·
      3 days ago

      Well then let’s just hope nobody ever decides you’re a disgusting freak and deserve to be locked up.

      • wick@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 days ago

        For what, not liking terrorist supporters? I think I’m safe. The only people that think that’s disgusting are shrill slacktivists and the terminally online.

          • wick@lemm.ee
            1·
            2 days ago

            No, for anything really.

            This is you, running away from the topic of terrorist dickriding to anything else.

            • crapwittyname@lemm.ee
              11·
              2 days ago

              I don’t think you understand. If this guy gets locked up just because you think he’s a disgusting freak, then you can be locked up as soon as anyone thinks you’re a disgusting freak. Good luck with that.

              • wick@lemm.ee
                1·
                2 hours ago

                If this guy gets locked up just because you think he’s a disgusting freak

                Maybe I need to explain this, maybe you needed to hear it from me, from anyone, because it’s not obvious to you and somehow managed to become the cornerstone of your dumb as fuck argument: I am not locking Richard Medhurst up, and nothing I say about him influences the outcome of his legal situation.

                then you can be locked up as soon as anyone thinks you’re a disgusting freak

                “Anyone” is gonna arrest, charge, prosecute, convict, judge, and jail me? Stop lil bro, you are butchering this argument. Leave it for people who have at least a 3rd grade understanding of how laws work.

                • crapwittyname@lemm.ee
                  1·
                  1 hour ago

                  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.