{"id":34586,"date":"2018-05-29T06:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34586"},"modified":"2018-05-29T06:45:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T11:45:22","slug":"britons-rage-over-robinson-arrest-as-mass-protests-break-out-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34586","title":{"rendered":"Britons Rage Over Robinson Arrest As Mass Protests Break Out Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-29\/britons-rage-over-robinson-arrest-mass-protests-break-out-worldwide\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Britons Rage Over Robinson Arrest As Mass Protests Break Out Worldwide <\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1365\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1365\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>The arrest, imprisonment, and government-ordered media blackout of UK journalist and activist Tommy Robinson\u00a0has set off a firestorm of protests around the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/robinsonprotest_0.JPG?itok=-DjiJWC1\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/robinsonprotest_0.JPG?itok=-DjiJWC1\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/robinsonprotest_0.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/robinsonprotest_0.JPG?itok=-DjiJWC1 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7978201a-3245-48b3-a090-fe4b16567cd0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free speech advocates and supporters of Robinson&#8217;s movement from Melbourne to Berlin came out by the thousands to protest the Friday arrest outside of Leeds Crown Court while Robinson was reporting on a pedophile grooming trial via Facebook livestream.\u00a0Within six hours of his detention, Robinson\u00a0was slapped with\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>13 month prison term\u00a0<\/strong>for violating a prior suspended sentence for a similar offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>A big police van with about seven police officers pulled up and arrested [Robinson] and told him to stop live streaming<\/strong>,\u201d Robinson\u2019s producer told\u00a0<em>RT (<\/em>before their article<em>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/WwUjR\">archived<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>was scrubbed from the internet). \u201cThey said it was incitement and a breach of the peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo peace has been breached \u2013 there were two other people there and he\u2019s been perfectly quiet talking into his phone. [The police] said nothing about the court proceedings. It\u2019s very strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.6000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset MediaCard-mediaPlaceholder NaturalImage NaturalImage--fill js-playableMediaInterstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanRob\/status\/999936555862065152\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/999936030722678784\/pu\/img\/JIbE4f23vWDzf5ii?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/999936030722678784\/pu\/img\/JIbE4f23vWDzf5ii\" data-scribe=\"element:poster_image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanRob\/status\/999936555862065152\" data-tweet-id=\"999936555862065152\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanRob\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Caolan Robertson (screen name: CaolanRob)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/972625313170681856\/Avxb8o7i_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/972625313170681856\/Avxb8o7i_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/972625313170681856\/Avxb8o7i_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">Tommy Robinson has been arrested in Leeds court for reporting on grooming gangs. More updates to follow<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanRob\/status\/999936555862065152\" data-datetime=\"2018-05-25T08:53:47+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: May 25, 2018 08:53:47 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-05-25T08:53:47+0000\">4:53 AM &#8211; May 25, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Equally as disturbing are the implications of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1000070858252038144\">court-ordered media ban<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>making it a criminal offense for news outlets operating in the UK to cover Robinson&#8217;s arrest and incarceration<\/strong>. In a page straight out of George Orwell&#8217;s 1984, several news outlets were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1000070858252038144\">forced to pull articles<\/a> which were published before the ban.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Police%20State.jpg?itok=yV0NftoM\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Police%20State.jpg?itok=yV0NftoM\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Police%20State.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Police%20State.jpg?itok=yV0NftoM 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c12b3bc2-f842-4239-be57-64a31121ef63\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mass protests broke out following Robinson&#8217;s arrest<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; the largest of which was a crowd of thousands in the UK, demonstrating\u00a0at the gates of Downing Street to demand the release of the conservative activist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/4CA6698F00000578-5777821-image-a-8_1527463176176_0.jpg?itok=tOzxExEV\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/4CA6698F00000578-5777821-image-a-8_1527463176176_0.jpg?itok=tOzxExEV\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/4CA6698F00000578-5777821-image-a-8_1527463176176_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/4CA6698F00000578-5777821-image-a-8_1527463176176_0.jpg?itok=tOzxExEV 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1e8b276f-ec5b-4915-8c70-05b193161ac1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanRob\/status\/999936555862065152\" data-tweet-id=\"999936555862065152\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britons Rage Over Robinson Arrest As Mass Protests Break Out Worldwide The arrest, imprisonment, and government-ordered media blackout of UK journalist and activist Tommy Robinson\u00a0has set off a firestorm of protests around the world. Free speech advocates and supporters of Robinson&#8217;s movement from Melbourne to Berlin came out by the thousands to protest the Friday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4983,657,8114,20254,2080],"class_list":["post-34586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-media-blackout","tag-protests","tag-rt-news","tag-tommy-robinson","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34587,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions\/34587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}