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

submitted 2 months ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months 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.