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Quite. A recent letter from the Home Secretary to the Police states the following: > As you know, Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK in it
by jl6 3y ago
Quite.
A recent letter from the Home Secretary to the Police states the following:
> As you know, Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK in its entirety. It is therefore a criminal offence for a person in the UK to:
> …
> * invite support for Hamas
> * express support for Hamas whilst being reckless as to whether the expression will encourage support of it
> …
Assuming this is an accurate representation of the law, it seems we don’t need to invoke conspiracy and persecution theories to understand why the police want to speak to him.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-chiefs-asked-to-protect-communities-from-provocations/letter-to-chief-constables-in-england-and-wales-following-the-israel-hamas-conflict-accessible https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-chiefs-ask...
- justnotworthit 3y agoHe doesn't know why they want to speak with him: “I still don’t actually know whether the terrorism investigation into me is focused on Palestine or on Wikileaks. It seems to be both and anything else they can get.”
- mike_d 3y agoApparently nobody ever told him when the police officer says "do you know why I pulled you over?" your answer shouldn't be "I didn't know it would be a multiple choice question!"