UK Court Orders Police Return Devices to EI Journalist Asa Winstanley

UK Court Orders Police Return Devices to Electronic Intifada Journalist Asa Winstanley

“Any warrant seeking material in the hands of a journalist requires extremely careful handling,” Judge Lucraft noted.

Breaking: judge rules raid of pro-Palestinian journalist Winstanley’s home was unlawful, return devices

Police case falls apart as judge refuses 'production order' Asa Winstanley (image: Skwawkbox) A court has ruled that the Starmer regime's dawn raid last October by the Metropolitan Police 'counter-terror' officers on the home of Electronic Intifada (EI) journalist Asa Winstanley, in which his electronic devices were seized and had been held since, was unlawful…

UK court orders police return devices to EI journalist Asa Winstanley

Judge rules Asa Winstanley’s devices were unlawfully seized.

The Government Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Fadi Akaki, issued a decision to raid the home of the political writer, journalist and Sam Sa ' a ' ah and to confiscate his mobile phone and computer without explaining the reasons. This decision left a great deal of resentment to the media, denounced the decision of Judge Akaki ' s Freedom Information Society and considered [...]

UK Court Says Police Raid Against Journalist Was Unlawful

A British court ruled that a counter-terrorism police raid against London-based journalist Asa Winstanley was unlawful, as the search warrants were not properly obtained.Asa Winstanley, an associate editor for the Electronic Intifada, was targeted by the authorities in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2024. Police knew they were raiding a journalist’s home, and according to Winstanley, officers even asked him which electronic devices were perso…

From Assange To Winstanley: Dawn Raids & Thought Crimes How Britain’s Police State Targets Journalists Exposing Gaza  - Labour Heartlands

Britain’s Authoritarian Playbook for Silencing Dissent Democracy Dies in the Dawn Light… What does it tell us about the state of British democracy when ten Metropolitan Police officers can storm a journalist’s home at dawn, armed with illegally obtained warrants, simply because a journalist dared to report uncomfortable truths about Gaza? The answer arrived last week in a damning court ruling that should make every defender of press freedom, and…