Sacked anti-Zionist British professor who went to Hezbollah leaders' funeral in Beirut is DETAINED as he touches down in the UK and quizzed on if he is 'a supporter of terrorism'
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Sacked anti-Zionist British professor who went to Hezbollah leaders' funeral in Beirut is DETAINED as he touches down in the UK and quizzed on if he is 'a supporter of terrorism'

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A former University of Bristol lecturer was detained by counter-terrorism police after attending the funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The former lecturer said he had been held under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act by SO15, also known as Counter Terrorism Command, plain clothes police officers. David Miller, 60, was detained by counter-terrorism police after attending the funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Mr Miller, 60, was detained at Heathrow Airport after returning from Beirut on Monday, where had had attended the funeral The former lecturer was sacked by the university of Bristol (in 2021 after Jewish students complained he made them feel 'uncomfortable and intimidated' ‘David Miller isn’t even bothering to hide his antisemitism any more,’ shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick told the Telegraph. Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were also in attendance Last week the controversial professor called for the British government to stop recognising Hezbollah as proscribed terrorist organisation A Lebanese official, who spoke on condition of anonymity estimated the crowd size at 450,000.

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Anti-Zionist views protected in landmark tribunal ruling as it found in favour of a sacked University of Bristol professor who called the 'Zionist movement' one of the 'five pillars of Islamophobia'
1 year, 1 month ago

Anti-Zionist views protected in landmark tribunal ruling as it found in favour of a sacked University of Bristol professor who called the 'Zionist movement' one of the 'five pillars of Islamophobia'

Daily Mail  

A tribunal has made a landmark ruling that anti-Zionism is a legally protected characteristic as it found in favour of a sacked university professor. David Miller was 'unfairly dismissed' from his post at Bristol University following remarks he made about Israel, a tribunal ruling has said On the Electronic Intifada website, Mr Miller wrote: 'There is a real question of …

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