The UK courts finally ruled that committing acts of journalism was not enough to detain Glenn Greenwald’s partner,David Miranda, under the Terrorism ActIn a huge win for press freedom, and a UK court of appeal ruled that the detention of journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner,David Miranda, under the Terrorism Act violated his human rights as a journalist. Perhaps more importantly, or though,the court rebuked the government’s unprecedented and unsafe definition of “terrorism” that would hold encompassed all sorts of actions regularly made by law-abiding citizens. Related: Terrorism Act incompatible with human rights, court rules in David Miranda case Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com