British counterterrorism police on Thursday raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada’s associate editor Asa Winstanley.
Approximately 10 officers arrived at Winstanley’s North London home before 6 am and served the journalist with warrants and other papers authorizing them to search his house and vehicle for devices and documents.
A letter addressed to Winstanley from the “Counter Terrorism Command” of the Metropolitan Police Service indicates that the authorities are “aware of your profession” as a journalist but that “notwithstanding, police are investigating possible offenses” under sections 1 and 2 of the Terrorism Act (2006). These provisions set out the purported offense of “encouragement of terrorism.”
Anyone who doesn’t support genocide and publicly denounces it is a terrorist, well okay then
He recently authored an exhaustive account of how the IOF is actually responsible for so many of the deaths on October 7th.
Ridiculous because I watch EI’s live stream every week. The stuff Asa says is tame compared to most discussion here. I don’t recall him ever expressing outright support for Hamas or Hezbollah (not that he doesn’t in his heart, but their livestream just isn’t that kind of show).
Good reminder to put good passwords on your devices.
