All hail the fascist regime of Great Britain.

[Bereta_Eder]

Greek man in court on terror charges

A Greek man was remanded in custody when he appeared in court on charges under the Terrorism Act.
Charalumvos Dousemetzis, 25, a former student at Northumbria University, Newcastle, was arrested by officers at an address in the Heaton area of the city on February 25.

Dousemetzis, who has lived in Britain for the past eight years, is accused of possessing articles which may be used in connection with the instigation, preparation or commission of an act of terrorism.

He was charged on Monday with two offences under section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

He was remanded in custody until 11 March when he appeared before Bedlington magistrates on Tuesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2822511.stm

So this is necessairily from an english source so you understand.

Some more information.

Apparently this student was preparing a PhD on terrorism in Greece.

That's the material they're talking about

But his real crime it would seem is posting on a site that the real terrorists are the Americans and he also congratulated in a web site 17N.

So expression of opinion is now a criminal offence in Great Britain.


Good to know

[TheStinger]

He is being charged with an offence, which means they won't be able to tell us what the evidence is aginst him until the trial, so how you know what he has done is beyond me

[FrustratedPoet]

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[MikeH]

The prevention of terrorism act does give the police some pretty draconian powers.

[TheStinger]

I would guess, that they have arrested him following intelligence received from the Greeks, I can't believe our intelligence services would waste too much time on this man unless asked to

[MikeH]

I doubt it either. Too expensive.

[Bereta_Eder]

The Greek consulate wasn't even informed about his arrest. What a load of crap police state you got there.
Criminilization of thought, way to go. The Greek embassy has demanded to be given information about this case.

Your terrorism laws would be silly if they weren't so fascist.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by MikeH
The prevention of terrorism act does give the police some pretty draconian powers.

It's very sad to see it happen here.

[Ming]

Hey... tone it down. If you want to troll, fine. If you want to rant... take it somewhere else.

[Bereta_Eder]

Were you that sensitive Ming when there were tons of trolls thrown at Greece about the plane spotter case?

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by paiktis22
The Greek consulate wasn't even informed about his arrest. What a load of crap police state you got there.
Criminilization of thought, way to go.

It's only a police state if you're foreign, of course.

[TheStinger]

If teh greeks told us about him then they would already know.

If they haven't done the arrest correctly he can sue the police( this happens all the time and in our repressive police state they have to pay out all the time)

He can't be held indefinatley and he will be releaed or tried or deported, I know you hate the UK but our legal sytem is reasonably fair

[TheStinger]

Well if it turns out to be a shambles like the trainspooters case I will be the 1st to condem it

[Bereta_Eder]

I don't hate the UK but your system is crap and would be hilarious if it wasn't so damn fascist.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Were you that sensitive Ming when there were tons of trolls thrown at Greece about the plane spotter case?

Those plane-spotters should have been locked up, anybody who uses their leisure time to travel thousands of miles for the sole purpose of taking pictures of aircraft is so monumentally tedious that they deserve to be expunged from humanity.