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I am very pleased to see the Duran commenting on this. I can expect more now the gag order has been successfully challenged
Arrest
of Tommy Robinson, and UK's frightening media gag order
29
May, 2018
Over
the weekend the UK, and the social media connected world, witnessed
the stunning arrest of Tommy Robinson for “breaching the peace”
outside a Leeds court during an explosive grooming gang trial.
Robinson
showed the accused men entering Leeds Crown Court in a livestream on
Facebook, where he was “reporting” on the grooming gang case.
After
more than an hour of broadcasting, footage showed police officers
approaching to arrest him for alleged breach of the peace and
“incitement” of court.
Robinson
was under a suspended sentence for committing contempt of court over
a similar gang rape case in Canterbury last year.
Judge
Heather Norton handed him a three months imprisonment in May last
year but suspended it for 18 months on the condition he did not
commit further offenses.
Within
six hours of his arrest, Robinson was sentenced to 13 months in
prison.
Tommy Robinson has been arrested in Leeds court for reporting on grooming gangs. More updates to follow
Fox
News reported that UK officials placed an unprecedented gag order on
media to vainly keep the disappearance of Tommy Robinson hidden from
the public.
Robinson’s
lawyer warned that, considering the presence of Muslim gang members
in prison, a 13-month sentence was tantamount to a death sentence.
“Tommy’s
lawyer said he will likely die in jail given his profile and previous
credible threats, and the judge basically said he doesn’t care,”
the source said. “He sentenced him to 13 months in prison.”
The
head of UKIP says the UK media gag order was beyond authoritarian.
“What
kind of police state have we become?” tweeted U.K. Independence
Party leader and European MP Gerard Batten.
“I
am trying to recall a legal case where someone was convicted of a
‘crime’ which cannot be reported on.”
“Where
he can be cast into prison without it being possible to report his
name, offence, or place of imprisonment for fear of contempt of
court,” he added.
On
Saturday, hundreds of demonstrators descended on central London in
support of Robinson, demanding he be freed. The demonstrations have
even spread to Australia, with protests hitting the streets of Sydney
and Melbourne.
A
petition calling for his release has gathered more than 300,000
signatures.
The
journalist and founder of the English Defence League, has been
speaking out against the threat of Islamic extremism for nearly a
decade.
UK
Stuns World in Assault on Free Speech #FreeTommyRobinson
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