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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 4 days ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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Richard Medhurst is the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The UK police have sought to obtain the passwords to his phones, including a highly secure phone with a Graphene operating system. If the UK authorities prevail,no journalist travelling to London will be safe any longer when it comes to source protection

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 38 points 4 days ago

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

It's always something to do with the genocide in Palestine, isn't it? Almost as if certain governments benefit from the genocide, even if immoral, and must manipulate the opinion of their populations to not oppose it. Mmmh.