Journalist Richard Medhurst Shares Chilling Arrest Story

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In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald interviews independent journalist Richard Medhurst about the legal threats he faces in the UK and Austria. Medhurst, known for his critical reporting on Israel and Gaza, was arrested at Heathrow Airport under anti-terrorism laws and is under investigation for alleged support of terrorism which he vehemently denies. Greenwald highlights the chilling effect such prosecutions have on press freedom and the broader trend of equating criticism of Israel with support for terrorism.

This video was produced by System Update and published on their YouTube channel on the 24th of April, 2025.

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ABOUT RICHARD MEDHURST

Richard Medhurst is a British-Syrian independent journalist and political commentator born in Damascus, Syria. He is known for his outspoken, fact-based reporting on US foreign policy, Middle East affairs, and international conflicts, often from an anti-imperialist perspective. He gained recognition for his coverage of the Julian Assange trial, the Syrian civil war, and more recently, the Israeli war in Gaza. Medhurst regularly broadcasts on platforms like YouTube and Patreon, offering in-depth political analysis often ignored by mainstream media.

ABOUT GLENN GREENWALD

Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional lawyer, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, and the author of several bestsellers, including No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State (2014) and Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil (2021).  Acclaimed as one of the 25 most influential political commentators by The Atlantic, one of America’s top 10 opinion writers by Newsweek, and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013 by Foreign Policy, Greenwald is a former constitutional and civil rights litigator. He was a columnist for The Guardian until October 2013 and a co-founder and former editor at The Intercept, which he left in 2020 to launch his own show System Update on Rumble.