Police in Leicester arrested at least five journalists under the Terrorism Act while they were reporting on a protest outside a drone factory owned by an Israeli arms company.

The journalists were detained for two hours last Thursday at a UAV Tactical Systems factory owned by Elbit Systems, which makes weapons that are used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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    22 days ago

    The UK was the birth of freedom of speech in that era. Now to be robbed of it, without a fight.

    We need a new Magna Carta, in the UK, the US, and the Western World.