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Charged With Terrorism for a Tweet — How Tony Greenstein Beat the UK
Description
⚖️ Tony Greenstein faced 14 years in prison on terrorism charges for a single tweet supporting Palestine — and a London jury acquitted him in just over two hours.
In this interview, the 72-year-old anti-Zionist activist walks through the counter-terror raid on his flat, the four-day trial, the judge who tried to shut down his defence, and why he turned the case into a free-speech showdown he was determined to win.
🔍 We cover:
🇬🇧 How the UK Terrorism Act criminalises support for Palestinian resistance
🗣️ Why he refused his barrister's advice and gave his own closing speech
🇪🇺 The wider crackdown on free speech across the UK, Germany and the EU
🎓 Sanctions lists, sacked academics, and the pre-emptive policing of dissent🕊️ What "from the river to the sea" really means — and who else has said it
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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
08:30 The Dawn Raid — Arrested on Terrorism Charges for a Tweet
14:18 What Was at Stake — 14 Years, Age 72, and a Liver Transplant
17:36 The Trial — Defying the Judge and Taking His Own Defence
26:57 Two Hours to Acquittal — How the Jury Saw Through It
2:26 One Rule for Him, Another for al-Julani — The Double Standard
51:32 The Wider Crackdown — Free Speech in the UK, Germany and the EU
#FreeSpeech #Palestine #TonyGreenstein #Censorship #UKPolitics
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