UK man charged with obstruction after refusing to turn over passwords at airport
UK activist Muhammad Abdur Rabbani has been charged with obstruction of justice after refusing to provide encryption passwords to police at an airport stop in London. He is due to appear in court in Westminster, England on June 20th.
Rabbani is being charged under the UK’s controversial Terrorism Act, which allows police to compel British subjects to turn over passwords to encrypted devices. Rabbani was initially stopped in November, and arrested when he refused to provide passwords to local police.
Rabbani, who works for the international human rights group Cage, claims the devices contained privileged information relating to a US client. “I really do think that any professional faced with the same dilemma would do all that they could…
