Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK

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How it spread - 7 original reports

1. Fri, 30 October 2026

   5 reports
   • The Guardian World05:00first to report
     Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK

     Swedish author was due to speak alongside Palestine Action co-founder at event discussing ban on the group Andreas Malm, the climate academic and author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, has been blocked from entering the UK before he was due to speak alongside a co-founder of the banned group Palestine Action. Malm was told by immigration officials his presence in the UK “may not be considered to be conducive to the public good”. He said the decision was “scandalous” and urged the government to...

   • Al Jazeera English06:50
     UK denies entry to Swedish academic due to speak at Palestine event

     Home Office cancels Andreas Malm's planned travel to the UK, saying his presence 'not conducive to the public good'.

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)08:46
     UK bars Swedish climate scholar from entering country ahead of London conference: Report

     Andreas Malm was scheduled to speak alongside Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, a group banned under UK law

   • BBC News World12:36
     Swedish academic says he has been barred from UK over event with Palestine Action founder

     Andreas Malm was due to appear on a panel alongside a co-founder of the proscribed group next week.

   • The Guardian World14:58
     Andreas Malm condemns UK travel ban as ‘drift into authoritarianism’

     Swedish climate academic says he has been ‘kept in the dark’ over Home Office decision to revoke his travel authorisation The Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm has condemned a travel ban imposed on him by the UK government as a “drift into authoritarianism” amid criticism of the move. Malm, the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, said he had been “kept in the dark” by the UK’s immigration authorities over the reasons for his electronic travel authorisation (ETA) being revoked. Continue...

2. Sat, 31 October 2026

   1 report
   • presstv.co.uk11:00
     UK bars Swedish academic in latest crackdown on pro-Palestine speech
3. Wed, 4 November 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World12:00
     More than 900 academics urge UK to reverse decision to bar Andreas Malm

     Blocking Swedish writer’s entry for event with Palestine Action co-founder is attack on free expression, letter says 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...