British human rights activist and reporter Sarah Wilkinson was arrested by UK police on Thursday morning, and subsequently released, allegedly for content she published online in support of Palestine and against the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The home of Sarah Wilkinson, British artist, journalist and lifelong supporter of Palestinian rights, was raided on Thursday morning by UK counter-terrorism police and she was detained for hours before being released on bail.
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Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday for delivering a sermon to truckers taking part in the Freedom Convoy blockade in Coutts, Alberta, along the U.S.-Canadian border, but he was allowed to go free due to the fact that he had already spent 78 days in jail after his initial arrest.
“For the past 18 months, they’ve done everything in their power to force me to say that I am guilty, that I’m sorry. They were forcing me to apologize, but I have nothing to apologize for. They have everything to apologize for.” –PASTOR ARTUR PAWLOWSKI Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was...
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A Calgary pastor was again arrested for refusing to apologize to a librarian under court order.
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The Sarah Wilkinson post is a good one to point out, in fairness, as it shows how proscribing 'terror organisations' can quickly spiral into madness.
On the one hand, ISIS (let's say) are without question a terror organisation and I'd support the monitoring of anyone who seemed to show support, active or passive, for their cause.
On the other hand, while Hamas are also a terror organisation, it's quite telling that they would arrest random people for comments and statements instead of monitoring them. It shows that the state doesn't believe these people are the same level of threat as, say, the guy who accesses bomb-making material associated with ISIS or the Taliban or whatever.
If they're not arresting people who in someway support ISIS or the Taliban immediately,
why not? And why is it that terrorists are "known to the authorities" after they committed a crime? If they're known, does that mean they've been arrested, questioned, and had their devices searched already? Because a lot of the time, it doesn't feel like it.
This is concerning double standard scare tactics, and I 100 % agree that it's wrong to treat people differently. The intent seems clear to me: they will scare people they don't think are a real threat, but secretly surveil others. That's bollocks.
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