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UK: Tommy Robinson Arrested Under Terrorism Law, Flees Country

UK: Tommy Robinson Arrested Under Terrorism Law, Flees Country

Above: Above: Right wing activist Tommy Robinson speaks at a demonstration at Richmond Terrace, Whitehall on April 23, 2024 in London, England. Image copyright: Peter Nicholls/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Right-wing restriction activist Tommy Robinson was arrested in London Sunday for not complying with schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, which allows police to stop and search people. He was initially charged with illegally featuring a prohibited documentary during a rally.

  • The documentary, called Silenced, is about a 2021 defamation lawsuit between Robinson and a Syrian refugee named Jamal Hijazi, whom Robinson was found to have falsely accused of attacking school girls in 2021. He had to pay Hijazi £100k and ordered not to make the documentary.

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