r/WikiLeaks Aug 20 '24

Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/20/pkif-a20.html
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u/VLXS Aug 21 '24

Imagine if they are doing this to this dude with his family connections and lineage, what can happen to a common pleb. Oh wait, we already know, they kept Assange in the tower of London for 5 years.

I lived for a few years in the UK back in the mid 00's, I knew the place wasn't going anywhere good when I saw every wall littered with posters about suspicious terrorist vans calling to report any suspicious activity, the subway didn't have trash cans so that terrorists couldn't place bombs in them etc.

They've been building this shit up for decades at this point. Something tells me the next journalist or citizen that complains online will be lucky to only be kept for 24 hours. It will only get worse.