Getting Detained by Counter Terrorism (youtube.com)
A YouTuber.
‘They don’t need legal suspicion.' ‘You have no right to remain silent.’ ‘You have no right to a lawyer in the room with you.’
Seized all his electronic devices. You have to hand over all passwords and if you don't you are then charged with the terrorism act.
They did the same things the Russians did, he said.
They were most curious about El Salvador. They asked everything about his behaviour, about his finances, how much he has, where he has it, how he got it, and he was asked about the war in Ukraine, what he thinks bout the UK and it's policies, about his opinions. 4 hour interoggation.
They kept his electronic devices, including his phone, for the maximum of 7 days. He couldn't access his electronic train ticket. There are no payphones in UK anymore, he said.
Uk arrests 3000 people per year for offensive comments online, he said.
A commenter: ‘The US Department of State considers Argentina to be a safer place to travel than the United Kingdom by an entire category. The United States considers CAMBODIA a safer place to travel than the United Kingdom. Let that sink in.’
Another: ‘Having done anti terrorism work before, it is shocking how incredibly inept the British are at it. This sort of thing is quite literally what radicalizes people to become terrorists.’ and a reply: ‘It has nothing to do with anti-terrorism, its only about intimidation’
It has seemed sometimes that the governments of the 5 Eyes want to have a certain amount of problems so that they can justify abusive and invasive treatment of citizens. So they will ‘allow’ a certain amount of real problems (perhaps through immigration or faking their own crime groups) in order to treat people as though they are also problematic.
‘Subjects not citizens,’ as another commenter said.
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