Judge rules police raid was unlawful
JVL Introduction
Asa Winstanley’s home was raided by police in October 2024. This week a judge ruled that this was unlawful. Winstanley is just one of the far too many journalists and activists whose homes and/or property have been raided. Since the raid and confiscation of devices more than seven months ago, Winstanley has been neither charged or arrested and yet the investigation into his tweets is ongoing.
Below Asa recounts his experience, what the Judge said and has added a link to a statement from his lawyers and also a link to an article by a colleague on Electronic Intifada.
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This article was originally published by Palestine is still the Issue - Substack on Tue 27 May 2025. Read the original here.
Judge rules October raid on my home was unlawful
I have won back my computers and phones
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We can be confident that the right-wing pro-Israel Free Speech Union led by Toby Young will not be supporting Asa Winstanley
We might also be confident that reports on this case and its outcome won’t appear in mainstream outlets like the Guardian or the Independent, nor on the BBC. I hope I’m wrong about that, but I fear I’m not.