Overview
- The Home Office cancelled Andreas Malm’s Electronic Travel Authorisation on Friday, October 30, 2026, saying his presence “is not considered to be conducive to the public good” and preventing him from travelling to a Tribune event in London.
- Officials told Malm he may apply for a standard visitor visa but the typical three-week processing time means he is unlikely to get permission in time for the panel.
- Malm had been due to speak alongside Huda Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, which the government proscribed as a terrorist organisation under UK counter‑terror laws.
- Publishers, event organisers and rights groups condemned the exclusion as a curb on free expression while the Home Office declined to comment on individual cases and gave no case‑specific evidence for the revocation.
- The decision fits a recent pattern of rapid ETA and travel‑authorisation revocations for high‑profile figures and arrives days before the UK Supreme Court is due to hear an appeal of the Palestine Action proscription, raising legal and political tests about how the rules are applied to speech and protest.