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Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act (www.wsws.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What did he actually say? Plenty of high-profile people have denounced what's happening in Gaza. Either he said something 'extra' or he's been singled out for some reason...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He claims he's the first person to be arrested under this law, that was introduced in 2000, so he must have said something pretty "extra" if what he claims is true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The Canary has some details:

posted a video on social media explaining the situation. He said that on Thursday 15 August he was escorted off a plane by six cops. They explained that he was being arrested under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 – for, quote:

expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation

Presumably, in Medhurst’s case this is either Hamas or Hezbollah.

They also explain that he's not the first "journalist" to be arrested under this law.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He says he was arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 which makes it illegal to stay anything even remotely non critical about a "proscribed organisation" like Hamas. It is extraordinarily repressive.

To clarify this is part of what section 12 says:

Proscription makes it a criminal offence to: express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, reckless as to whether a person to whom the expression is directed will be encouraged to support a proscribed organisation.