DETAINED BY UK COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE AT HEATHROW: BRITAIN BECOMES MORE TOTALITARIAN
The Peacemonger
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If I can be arrested for promoting real discussion about peace then anyone who expresses a view that differs from the government's can be too.
On the night of 2 October, when I arrived at Heathrow following a visit to the Valdai discussion club in Moscow (27 September - 1 October) five members of UK Counter-Terrorism police were waiting for me on the jetway to the plane and took me into custody under the UK Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act of 2019.
I was searched, interrogated for 3 hours, had all my electronic devices taken (I had to purchase a new laptop today) and was told that I had no right not to comment.
My crime? Attending a conference to discuss how to bring peace not only in Ukraine, but elsewhere including Iran, the middle-east etc.
Join me for a live discussion in which i will describe what happened and explain why Free Speech in the UK has never been under so much threat.
#peace #freespeech #counterterrorism #diplomacy #dialogue
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Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷
As Alan Bennet said…’ we have stayed where we were and They have moved and taken the goalposts
Absolutely 100% we need more Peacemongers.
We actually have them, in nearly all of us, in yourself, and in "others", but we are not allowed a differing "opinion" or a platform.
DETAINED BY UK COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE AT HEATHROW: BRITAIN BECOMES MORE TOTALITARIAN
The Peacemonger
23,229 views
If I can be arrested for promoting real discussion about peace then anyone who expresses a view that differs from the government's can be too.
On the night of 2 October, when I arrived at Heathrow following a visit to the Valdai discussion club in Moscow (27 September - 1 October) five members of UK Counter-Terrorism police were waiting for me on the jetway to the plane and took me into custody under the UK Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act of 2019.
I was searched, interrogated for 3 hours, had all my electronic devices taken (I had to purchase a new laptop today) and was told that I had no right not to comment.
My crime? Attending a conference to discuss how to bring peace not only in Ukraine, but elsewhere including Iran, the middle-east etc.
Join me for a live discussion in which i will describe what happened and explain why Free Speech in the UK has never been under so much threat.
#peace #freespeech #counterterrorism #diplomacy #dialogue