The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today dropped all charges against Syrian-born British journalist Richard Medhurst.

Medhurst was first arrested by police in August 2024 under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act. The arrest was, of course, part of the Starmer regime’s misuse of anti-terror laws to target anti-genocide journalists and activists. He was kept in limbo for more than a year as the police state ‘made the process the punishment’, including being told to surrender himself to Heathrow police in April 2025 and the Met Police referred his case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) a month later for a decision on whether he would be prosecuted under the Terrorism Act for his journalism on Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its attacks on Syria and Lebanon.

Now, Medhurst has announced that the CPS has dropped its entire case against him and he is no longer on bail. However, the victory is only partial as the CPS has handed the matter to police in Austria, where Medhurst lives. Medhurst explained that UK authorities had asked Austrian police to raid his home there and seize all his devices.