How a human rights defender was convicted of terrorism | Muhammad Rabbani | The Big Picture S2EP9

How far would you go to protect a client?
When Muhammad Rabbani, a human rights advocate, was stopped and interrogated on his way back to the UK after working with a high profile client, it was an experience he was familiar with.
As a Muslim and an activist, he'd been stopped at the airport many times before.
This time however, when he refused to give up the passwords to his personal devices, he was arrested, charged and convicted under the Terrorism Act.
His fight to clear his name has been documented in the new film 'Phantom Parrot', which highlights the controversial 'Schedule 7' clause that allows police to detain and question citizens at the border without suspicion, and how it's used to gather and share intelligence with other bodies such as the FBI.
This week on the Big Picture podcast, we sit down with Rabbani, who is the managing director of CAGE, to hear his story firsthand, and why he thinks it should shock and concern every British citizen.
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[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Respect to brother Rabbani for standing up for truth. Thousands of Muslims are detained in concentration camps like guantanamo without trial.

[@Sa-hi5nq]

It takes a strong moral person to stand up for the truth and to protect a client’s confidentiality against the powers that be.

[@Hals-Speakers-Corner]

Brother Muhammed is a real life Superhero. He's been there and done it all. He's woken up the Muslim world to the Horrors out brothers and sisters were facing.

[@mindmineral]

At that time, apple refused to give access via a root kits etc... at that time it was a pivotal event in contract law with Apple and the UK

[@maazkalim]

For the access into torture survivor's phone?

[@OrwellsHousecat]

If they want his data they don't really need his passwords to get it

[@mindmineral]

At that time, apple refused to give access via a root kits etc... at that time it was a pivotal event in contract law with Apple and the UK

[@OrwellsHousecat]

@@mindmineral you're mistaken. Tech companies have always been required to give access to intelligence services, after all that's how they got created in the first place.

[@maazkalim]

Verisimilitude in ‘Four Lions®’, then - must be?

[@yasmino6387]

then why would they ask for your passcodes?

[@OrwellsHousecat]

@@yasmino6387 compliance

[@bettyboo4971]

This dunya is a test for us innocent Muslims 😢😢

[@domhamai]

If Mahdi Tidjani was a respectable guy 😂

[@tommartin2423]

The Manchester arena bomber was an MI5/MI6 asset, and was permitted to travel unimpeded to and from Libya because it suited some sinister spooky purpose.

[@q8buy]

Woow

[@OrwellsHousecat]

I'd like to see him apply for a job at Amnesty!

[@kbb8962]

What do you mean?

[@ChefbyMistake]

He seems to be a Sunni Islamist. He cant go to Southern Lebanon and Syria he will be dead.

[@yasmino6387]

what even is a sunni islamist?

[@ChefbyMistake]

@@yasmino6387 Muslims are divided into Sunni, Shia, Ahmadi and what not.

[@kbb8962]

Why would he?

[@user-uz5vw8ci5p]

Human rights is bullsh* right

[@OrwellsHousecat]

Smells fishy

[@kbb8962]

What do you mean? This man was frightfully protecting his clients privacy and right to legal help. And as he said, it's a matter of Principle!

[@OrwellsHousecat]

@@kbb8962 context is everything

[@AM-mw2wu]

Well done Britain👏👏👏

[@kbb8962]

For what FALSELY CHARGING AN INNOCENT !AN, TRYING TO PROTECT HIS CLIENT RIGHTS AS WELL HIS OWN, as is their right. This law is absurd and should rightfully be challenged by it's CONSCIENTIOUS citizen as this man did bravely! This law, section/ schedule 7 needs to be reviwed, it unduly targets Muslims clearly. How absurd that apparently no suspicion ( or reason to have suspicion) on police's part can lead them to retain a person= it's quite nonsensical REALLY!

[@user-jd5eq9hh7q]

"IF YOU DON'T DARE TO COMMIT TERROR. FAKE FOR ONLY ONE GOD,, IE TERROR AS PROOF, YOU MUST MOSTLY DO FAKE LOVE FOR THE ONLY ONE GOD.,TO BE PRIVILEGED FROM OTHERS'....."EVEN ALSO YOU ARE THE FIRST WILL BE PUT IN HELL BY GOD. ?!?!"THE SUPERSTAR IDEOLOGY!!!

[@kbb8962]

What nonsense

[@tewfiksaad2884]

If you invade a country and the inhabited people rebel, their called terrorists.? Go figure. And if you help these innocent people your considered helping terrorists??? This is the jew way

[@maazkalim]

No need to be antisemitic. All countries post-Treaty of Westphalia are reliant on it.

[@Linda43]

Well done, Britain

[@kbb8962]

RAcist ISLAMAPHOBIC mentality! Would you say well done It you were at the recieving end while being INNOCENT? Brotherhood not

[@boysiedent6149]

bLOODY bLOOD sUCKING pARASITE