Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’
by Geneva Abdul from US news | The Guardian on (#762ZT)
Cenk Uygur was due to appear at SXSW alongside streamer Hasan Piker but Home Office cancelled travel authorisation
A leftwing US political commentator has described the UK government's decision to ban him from entering the country as haunting and hilarious" and Kafkaesque".
Cenk Uygur, the founder and a host on Young Turks, a well-established progressive media outlet, was banned earlier this week from entering the UK to attend a speaking engagement alongside Hasan Piker, a Twitch streamer who has become a popular figure on the US political left.
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