Toronto man charged with “terrorism” for speaking out for Palestine
(thenorthstar.media)
NightOwl
CanadaThis source seems a bit sketchy. They publish news anonymously so no one in particular is responsible for it.
I'm not taking a side on this but an important thing not mentioned in the article is that there is a court ordered publication ban about this case. The tone of the article is very, "well if there's more to it why aren't they saying anything?" They're forbidden by law from saying anything more about it.
It's likely this case:
https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/66486/
Though as you say, they can't release details, not even the name of the accused.
On March 7, 2025, investigators executed a search warrant at a Toronto residence and seized multiple electronic devices. A joint investigation by the Toronto Police Service Hate Crime Unit and INSET subsequently gathered evidence supporting the allegation that the accused acted for the benefit of, and in association with, Hamas, a designated terrorist group.
This "thenorthstar.media" is just publishing what the defense lawyers are saying, but it looks like the guy is actually being accused of having connections with Hamas (a terrorist group), and likely the electronic devices they seized may have evidence of his correspondence with Hamas on it.
Obviously we can only speculate on the evidence until it's presented in court. Innocent until proven guilty and all that. But it's dishonest to claim that he's been arrested for protesting. He is being accused of having connections to Hamas.
This seems like a waste of resources to deal with.
Very obviously speaking at lawful protest is legal, I expect a judge to throw this out.
Unless they have real evidence he collaborated with hamas.
To be clear, hamas killed thousands of innocent people, I do not advocate for them, but that does not excuse Israel’s treatment of civilians in Gaza.
Unless this person was making crediable threats against specific people or places, then this is insanely overblown. Which, I mean tracks for Ford....
Hamas is the lesser evil in comparison to Israel.
Even if he did, Israel terrorists have killed way more people than Hamas ever has. But it's fine and dandy to support Israel, according to the same government that's prosecuting this poor soul.
Poor soul? The guy was blasting out hate speech and may have been doing so under orders from Hamas. He's a shitty person for his hatefulness, the only question is whether his alleged correspondence with Hamas was a criminal act. Which is something for the courts to decide.
Oct 7 had less than 1000 civilian deaths btw, so not thousands. And i dont think they have killed enough before that to make it thousands. Just wanna stay accurate here.
You seemingly ignore the Palestinians that Hamas has killed. They are an oppressive regime, speaking out against them in places they hold power will get you tortured to death. When the ceasefire began, Hamas executed people in the streets to assert dominance.
And you should know Palestinian civilians are not bullet proof from stray bullets fired from Hamas guns. And Hamas IEDs do kill Palestinians at times. They started a war of choice in a densely populated area and it's impossible to avoid civilian casualties in urban combat.
I think if you add up the Israelis and Palestinians Hamas has killed over the years, it's fair to say they've killed thousands of people.
Just over 2000 throughout their existence.
You might beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride.
The allies killed a ton more civilians during world war 2 intentionally yet we still pick up that side. Whatever you like it or not hamas still attack the israeli occupation forces making thrm a legitimate resistance group.
The politization of terrorism is disgusting why no settler organization are designed as terrorist orgs in canada? Illegal land sale are performed in canada's synaguoges freely
Yeah Lotta that been going around lately
