British police detain David Miranda (R) in blatant attempt to intimidate journalist Glenn Greenwald (L).
Editors of leading Northern European newspapers have slammed British Prime Minister David Cameron over the detention of David Miranda, partner and assistant to The Guardian journalist Glen Greenwald, who is allegedly linked with US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
In a letter to Cameron, the editors of Denmark’s Politiken, Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter, Norway’s Aftenposten and Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat condemned Mirandaâ„¢s detention, saying the incident could undermine the position of free press beyond the UK borders.
Editors of the four newspapers said they were surprised by recent acts against their colleagues at The Guardian and blamed the British government for abusing anti-terror law to legalize harassment of both the paper and individuals associated with it.
Earlier last week, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) also demanded Cameron to launch a “thorough and transparent investigation” into the “deeply troubling” arrest of Miranda.
The CPJâ„¢s letter to British PM also accused UK police officers of abusing anti-terror law to access to journalistic material while they did not suspect him for terrorism.
Miranda was detained on Sunday, August 18 and informed that he was to be questioned under Schedule 7 of Britainâ„¢s Terrorism Act 2000.
His partner Greenwald, however, said Mirandaâ„¢s detention was Å“clearly intended to send a message of intimidation to those who have been reporting on the NSA [US National Security Agency] and [Britain’s eavesdropping agency] GCHQ.
Mirandaâ„¢s detention comes after Cameron pushed the paper to destroy the classified documents it received from former NSA contractor.
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Republished from: Press TV