The U.K. barred American political commentator Cenk Uygur and online broadcaster Hasan Piker from entering the country, the two said Sunday, alleging that British authorities cited their public remarks about Israel as the reason.
Uygur, co-founder of The Young Turks, a U.S.-based online political news and commentary network, said he learned of the restriction before boarding a flight to London, where he was scheduled to attend the SXSW London festival and deliver a speech at Oxford.
As part of a series of posts on X, Uygur said British authorities informed him that he had been deemed "a serious risk to the public order."
"The British government is saying they're banning me because I am 'a serious risk to the public order' due to my criticism of Israel," he wrote.
He also said authorities considered his assertions regarding Israeli influence in U.S. politics to be antisemitic, despite his insistence that his remarks were factual.
