Interview: Richard Medhurst is the first journalist to be arrested under the UK terrorism act for “speech crimes”. He was released, but wasn't told which of his statements re Palestine were deemed "criminal."

So now I don't know what I can & can't say under the act. They're making an example of me & "trying to see what they can get away with," said Medhurst.

It's the new fascism, says lawyer Dima Khalidi.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2024/9/8/are-restrictions-on-pro-palestine-speech-the-new-mccarthyism

#USPol #UKPol #Censorship #Fascism ..

Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’

Is there an attempt to chill debate on Palestine and Israel on both sides of the Atlantic?

^{Al Jazeera}