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Legal, Truthful, Guilty: Diary of a Political Prisoner
Sam Melia was sentenced to a two-year custodial sentence for over three hundred political stickers covering immigration, foreign policy, Jewish supremacy and almost any other topic you could think of. Their content was described by the prosecution as “legal and truthful”, but, as the judge stated in his sentencing comments, "truth is no defence in court".
On 24th January 2024, he was found guilty of ‘intent to distribute material meant to incite racial hatred’ alongside ‘encouraging racially aggravated criminal damage’ for promoting images where the stickers appeared on public street furniture. While incarcerated, his case was cited internationally as an example of two-tier justice, heavy-handed speech policing and the state oppression of patriotic nationalists in the UK.
This is the prison diary of a man who’s never been involved with the criminal underclass before, his trials and tribulations whilst locked up, as well as his experiences dealing with agents of the state intent on “realigning Mr. Melia’s mindset.”
On 24th January 2024, he was found guilty of ‘intent to distribute material meant to incite racial hatred’ alongside ‘encouraging racially aggravated criminal damage’ for promoting images where the stickers appeared on public street furniture. While incarcerated, his case was cited internationally as an example of two-tier justice, heavy-handed speech policing and the state oppression of patriotic nationalists in the UK.
This is the prison diary of a man who’s never been involved with the criminal underclass before, his trials and tribulations whilst locked up, as well as his experiences dealing with agents of the state intent on “realigning Mr. Melia’s mindset.”
- GenresPolitics
306 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2026
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April 9, 2026
Haven’t received and completed a book so fast since I was a child.
April 23, 2026
Wow
What a haunting/horrific emotionally charged but fantastic read. I am so upset that we as a society have come to this type of tyranny and systemic corruption from the government and their departments aimed at British man for having a belief/opinion different to someone else’s….. Fucking stickers!!!!
What a haunting/horrific emotionally charged but fantastic read. I am so upset that we as a society have come to this type of tyranny and systemic corruption from the government and their departments aimed at British man for having a belief/opinion different to someone else’s….. Fucking stickers!!!!
March 30, 2026
Absolutely amazing book, highly recommended. The lengths the state will go to in order to silence truth is shocking. Read this book!
April 18, 2026
a must read for Europeans
June 5, 2026
Absolutely a book worth reading.
August 4, 2026
Not Tolstoy but an engaging account of a ridiculous prison sentence
June 10, 2026
Fascinating insights into the day to day workings of theprison system and the way the state creates political prisoners. Then persecutes them with all branches of the state. Very easy to read. Page turner.
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