The Home Office cancelled the travel clearance ahead of Malm's scheduled UK appearances, which included an academic conference, a BBC broadcast, and a public panel hosted by Tribune. The scholar criticized the unelaborated decision as a drift toward authoritarianism that wrongly ties his work to extremism. Government officials stated that the cancellation is not an outright ban, leaving open the option for Malm to seek a standard visa subject to further scrutiny. An open letter protesting the exclusion has now gathered upwards of 1,400 signatures from more than 250 institutions worldwide.
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Signatories argue that excluding the Swedish academic amounts to a severe breach of acade…: Signatories argue that excluding the Swedish academic amounts to a severe breach of academic freedom and free speech.
Malm suspects the travel denial is tied to his planned panel appearance with Palestine Ac…: Malm suspects the travel denial is tied to his planned panel appearance with Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori.
The Home Office maintains that affected travelers may still apply for a standard entry vi…: The Home Office maintains that affected travelers may still apply for a standard entry visa to undergo further assessment.
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More than 900 academics have voiced their opposition to the government’s decision to block the climate academic Andreas Malm from entering the UK, warning that the move represents “a grave violation of academic freedom and freedom of expression”.
Malm, the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline and a leading climate scholar, was prevented from entering the UK last week by the Home Office after being told that his presence in the UK “may not be considered to be conducive to the public good”.
He had been due to attend an academic conference on Wednesday, appear on the BBC, and participate in a public discussion organised by the publication Tribune alongside Huda Ammori, a co-founder of the proscribed organisation Palestine Action.
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