[tzekid]

The suspects were not anarchists ... they were allegedly connected to a Kurdish militant group (so more like nationalists).

I hate gov.s as much as the next guy, but the rant is off-topic here.

The main problem is that they try to formulate simple encryption in a criminalizing way, which can lead to bigger problems if it becomes a widely accepted view.

[southerntofu]

> The suspects were not anarchists ... they were allegedly connected to a Kurdish militant group

I don't mean to be rude, but you sound extra sure while your message is wrong on two counts:

- the suspects are all anarchists, except for one person who might identify as a trotskyist ; the support networks that grew for the 8/12 case also grew in the anarchist milieu for this reason (i don't have an english source for this, but if you read french the mediaslibres.org planet would contain plenty of information about this)

- only one suspect was involved in the kurdish liberation struggle, and that's definitely not what any of them was accused of although that's probably what triggered the investigation ; they were accused of planning attacks against the french empire (not the civilian population)

> The main problem is that they try to formulate simple encryption in a criminalizing way

I agree.

PS: "anarchist" is not insult it's a political orientation. I myself am an anarchist.