UK blocks entry of Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur for public events

The leftwing American commentator Cenk Uygur talks about the ban on him and his nephew, Hasan Piker, entering the UK this week. With reporting from Kiran Stacey“We’re not allowed to put you on the plane,” said the woman at the terminal. “You can’t board because the British government has withdrawn your ETA.” This is how, at LAX airport, the leftwing commentator Cenk Uygur learned he had been banned from the UK.As he tells Lucy Hough, he and his nephew Hasan Piker, a hugely popular streamer, had been due to speak in the UK this week. But both were barred by the Home Office, with their presence deemed “not conducive to the public good” – reportedly for past remarks about Israel deemed by some to be antisemitic, an accusation they both deny. Continue reading...

On 1 June, the UK banned two prominent American leftists from entering the UK. The men in question were Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, who are both Turkish Muslims. In response to this, the Labour Muslim Network has now spoken out. Labour Muslim Network alarmed The response from the network reads: The Home Office’s decision […] By Willem Moore

Home Office barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker on grounds their visit was ‘not conducive to the public good’Two leftwing US political commentators who were banned from entering the UK will still speak at the Oxford Union via livestream.The Home Office told Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker their presence in the country was “not conducive to the public good” when they attempted to come to London to attend this week’s SXSW London event. Continue reading...

Visa refusals for US left-wing commentators exposes tensions between ‘protecting open argument and importing those whose public role is to turn conspiracy into cash’

The progressive political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker said they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom to speak at events. Uygur, who co-hosts the YouTube series “The Young Turks,” and his nephew Piker, who broadcasts his commentary on the video platform Twitch, said on social media they had been blocked because of their views about Israel. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports.

The UK has blocked two US political commentators, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, from entering the country, citing concerns their presence may not be conduciv Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-bars-us-political-commentators-from-entering-country/