Richard Medhurst is a British journalist who has reported on Julian Assange and the war in Gaza.
Read: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pcr-western-world-has-succumbed-tyranny
My name is Richard Thomas Medhurst. I am an internationally accredited journalist from the United Kingdom. On Thursday, as I landed in London Heathrow airport, I was immediately escorted off the plane by 6 police officers who were waiting for me at the entrance of the aircraft. They arrested me—not detained—but arrested me under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act of 2000 and accused me of allegedly “expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organization” but wouldn’t explain what this meant.
This is precisely the danger and absurdity of the Terrorism Act that I have always sought to impress upon the public, long before I ever became a victim of it myself. It is out of control and has no place in a democracy. Counter terrorism laws should be used to fight actual terrorism, not journalism. We cannot call ourselves a democracy as long as reporters are dragged off of planes and detained and treated like murderers.
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