UK bans entry, revokes visas of activists Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur over anti-Israel rhetoric [View all]

Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur and his nephew, antisemitic left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, have been banned from the UK over their anti-Israel rhetoric, the two said in posts to X/Twitter on Monday morning.

Both individuals were expected to participate in the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London, the European offshoot of the Texan festival by the same name, featuring music, film, tech, and culture.

The British Home Office justified the move by declaring Uyger a “serious risk to the public order” following his claim that “Israel controls the American government through donations to 94% of Congress,” according to an X post made by the Young Turks founder.

“Are we free anymore?” Uyger asked in a second X post. “This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country!”




https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-897945