UK denies entry to Swedish academic due to speak at Palestine event
What happened
The UK Home Office has cancelled the travel authorisation of Swedish academic Andreas Malm, blocking him from entering the country for a London panel, according to Middle East Eye and the BBC.
Malm, a senior lecturer at Lund University, said he does not belong to Palestine Action, has never endorsed it and has never funded it.
He acknowledged that in December 2023 he described the 7 October attacks on Israel as "fundamentally an act of liberation", while also condemning the killing of civilians.
“The only link to Palestine Action is her as a person”
BBC
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Open on the live globe →Who reported it
- 2026-10-30 06:50 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-10-30 12:14 UTCMiddle East Eye · middleeasteye.net ↗
- 2026-10-30 12:36 UTCBBC · bbc.co.uk ↗
- 2026-10-30 14:38 UTCTimes of Israel · timesofisrael.com ↗
- 2026-10-30 19:08 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
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