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> I agree it's probably against UK law, but why use harsh counter-terrorism laws to deal with a speech matter When the speech is promoting and supporting a ter
by mike_d 3y ago
> I agree it's probably against UK law, but why use harsh counter-terrorism laws to deal with a speech matter
When the speech is promoting and supporting a terrorist organization (according to UK law), the police have a reasonable expectation to investigate and see if that individual is providing other material support to the organization.
It is literally peak FAFO.
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- dundarious 3y agoFree civil society requires that those laws not be used with a broad brush (or ideally exist at all, but let's put a pin in that). It's well within reason to question that extremely invasive law's applicability here, where the connection to Hamas is extremely tenuous (a single post, that he had already clarified a day before his detainment and interrogation where his rights were suspended), and to draw analogy to the very recent finding against a somewhat similar use.
- zarzavat 3y agoThe guy has every reason to believe in conspiracies against himself, given the history. However at the present time there are many people being charged with making similar statements and it has been well publicized by the Government that anybody who makes statements in support of listed terrorist groups will get a knock at the door and the book thrown at them. Every British person knows that such statements are very illegal. Politically, I personally prefer something more like the US first amendment, however that is not a popular political opinion in the UK where hate speech restrictions enjoy broad political support.
- dundarious 3y agoLet them knock on his door then, his address is well-known to police. They do not need to use laws that suspend his right to silence or legal council, and permanently seize his property.