UK Court Orders Police Return Devices to EI Journalist Asa Winstanley

Senior judge rules police acted unlawfully in raiding home of British independent journalist Asa Winstanley

The ruling of the raid on Winstanley as unlawful raises the question of whether the police have also acted illegally in their detaining, arresting and charging of other prominent opponents of war and genocide under draconian counter-terrorism legislation.

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.

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…