Benedict Cumberbatch has made his feelings public about the recent detainment of David Miranda, partner of the Guardian journalist behind the Edward Snowden leak story.
David Miranda was held at Heathrow by anti-terrorism police, who confiscated his laptop and mobile phone.
Holding up several pieces of paper, with a hand-written message, the actor, who was filming Sherlock in London, said: "Questions we have a right to ask in a democracy - [David] Cameron, Theresa May, GCHQ, teachers, parents, each other… Hard drives smashed, journalists detained at airports. Democracy?' the first two pages read.
The next two pages read: "Schedule 7 Prior restraint - is this erosion of civil liberties winning the war on terror?
"What do they not want you to know? And how did they get to know it? Does the exposure of their techniques cause a threat to our security or does it just cause them embarrassment?"
Mr Miranda, who is the partner of Gleen Greenwald, was detained for nine hours without being arrested.
Home Secretary Teresa May has defended the actions of police, saying they were "absolutely right" to protect the public from potentially sensitive information falling into the wrong hands.
Benedict Cumberbatch is set to portray Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the forthcoming biopic The Fifth Estate, out this autumn. Watch the trailer below
It's not the first time he's made his feelings clear to the paparazzi. At the weekend, he held up a piece of paper with the message: "Go photograph Egypt and show the world something important".
