{"id":349027,"date":"2026-06-03T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-was-hasan-piker-banned-from-the-uk-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:00:26","slug":"why-was-hasan-piker-banned-from-the-uk-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-was-hasan-piker-banned-from-the-uk-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was Hasan Piker banned from the UK? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VCvYNA_ciro\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why was Hasan Piker banned from the UK? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VCvYNA_ciro\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, two prominent left-wing political commentators in the US \u2014 Hasan Piker and his uncle, Cenk Uygur \u2013 said they had been barred from visiting the UK.  <\/p>\n<p>Both men were due to appear at the SXSW London festival, but say the British government blocked them from entering the country because of their criticism of Israel. <\/p>\n<p>The British government confirmed that it had denied them entry on the grounds that their presence in the UK \u201cmay not be conducive to the public good\u201d but did not elaborate further. <\/p>\n<p>Their cases have sparked renewed debate about the limits of free speech in the UK.  <\/p>\n<p>We speak to American political activist Shabbos Kestenbaum \u2013 who was due to debate Cenk Uygur in London \u2013 and to the legal academic and host of the BBC\u2019s The Law Show, Joelle Grogan.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #hasanpiker #freespeech <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:48 Why Hasan Piker and Cenk Uyger were banned from the UK<br \/>\n04:00 The man who was supposed to debate with Hasan Piker<br \/>\n11:29 What are the UK laws on free speech?<br \/>\n15:23 How many people have been blocked from the UK?<br \/>\n21:49 What is hate speech in the UK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, two prominent left-wing political commentators in the US \u2014 Hasan Piker and his uncle, Cenk Uygur \u2013 said they had been barred from visiting the UK. 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