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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

US officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk death

A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk
A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday. Photograph: Melissa Majchrzak/AFP/Getty Images

Action will be taken against foreigners in the United States who are considered to be “praising, rationalizing, or making light of” Charlie Kirk’s death, a top state department official has said.

The statement comes in a wider context of an aggressive crackdown on free speech and dissenting views in the US under the second Trump administration, especially when it comes to campus protests sparked by Israel’s war on Gaza.

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