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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Hughes

Trump administration accused of ‘bullying tactics’ over sanctions

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio during US President Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK in September (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

US President Donald Trump’s administration has been accused of “bullying tactics”  and undermining free speech by MPs after two British online campaigners were hit with US sanctions.

Former Labour adviser Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and Oxford graduate Clare Melford, who leads the UK-based Global Disinformation Index (GDI) have been barred from entering the US.

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