The Brazilian David Miranda was arrested under suspicion of terrorism in London. The partners of the Snowden confidant Glenn Greenwald complained at his treatment – and lost. Because he wore secret data with you, he had endangered the safety of Britain, ruled the Royal High Court.

Nine hours David Miranda had been arrested by the British police on the London Heathrow Airport in August 2013. The officers searched his hand luggage, confiscated his computer, two USB flash drives, an external hard drive and other devices.

Miranda is the life partner of the journalist Glenn Greenwald, who had worked closely with the U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and first reported on the revelations. He was on his way from Germany to his native Brazil when he was stopped during a stopover in England. On the storage media, which led Miranda to himself, had 58,000 secret files of British intelligence agency GCHQ.

The High Court in London now ruled that Miranda’s arrest was justified. “That was an appropriate measure given the circumstances,” Judge John Laws said on Wednesday. The government had argued that disclosure of the secret documents the safety of Britain would have endangered.

Judgment in London:Miranda wants to appeal

The lawyers Miranda , who are paid from the “Guardian” , had argued that the Brazilian citizen had been illegally detained on the basis of anti -terror laws. The British authorities had violated their actions the fundamental right to freedom of expression , said the lawyers. They also expressed the fear that in the future other journalists who reported on NSA Ausspähungen , could be branded as terrorists.

Greenwald responded angrily to the judgment of the Court of London : ” Only in the UK is our journalism not only considered as criminal, but also as ‘ terrorism ‘ ,” he wrote on his new website “The Intercept ” . Also, the “Guardian” commented extremely disappointed : “The verdict shows a very narrow definition of journalism in the 21st century, but a very generous definition of ‘ terrorism ‘ ” , said the Journal .

Miranda announced plans to appeal. The 28 -year-old said: ” Freedom of the press is too important not to fight to the end for them.”

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