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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    Once again, then: state your argument so I can evaluate it. Otherwise it’s just the original “he needs to go to prison because I don’t like him” along with a big dash of, “you’re such a stupid poo face poo poo head”.

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      You still thinking I have the power to put him in prison is hilarious. It’s called an opinion lil bro.

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        This is just too good to leave alone. You have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, obviously, but the really funny part is that you also have absolutely no idea what you yourself are taking about. You actually aren’t capable of writing down your point of view, which is fascinating because it could be for so many reasons.

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          You’ve been running scared of your position the entire thread, chasing after some inconsequential slippery slope argument you can’t even argue for without sounding brain damaged. What was it you said, every accusation is a confession?

          Why don’t you just come out and say it, you LOVE terrorists, hate Jews, want to rape civilians, and murder everyone that disagrees with you. It’s very clear seeing as you refuse to address it.

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            every accusation is a confession

            You’ve been running scared of your position this entire thread

            Yes.

            I’ll address your ridiculous claims though, since you asked. I don’t love terrorists. It’s a moronic proposition anyway based on the subjectivity of the word. I don’t hate Jews, and it’s very weird you brought that up since neither of us have mentioned Jews up until this point. Are you getting confused with another thread maybe? I don’t want to rape anyone, and again, this is the first mention of any type of sexual assault in our discussion so it’s very hard to be sure where you’re getting this from. I don’t want to murder anyone at all, whether they disagree with me or not. The only violent speech in this discussion has come from you.
            So - it’s another bunch of accusations which have come completely unfounded and out of nowhere. My first guess would be that they are projection of your own mental state, but feel free to correct me if you like.