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Hamit Coskun successfully appealed in October against his conviction for a religiously aggravated public order offence.

The man, who sought asylum in the UK from Turkey, claimed he burned the Koran as a protest against ‘Islamic extremism’

The 51-year-old’s case was backed by free speech campaigners, who paid for his legal costs.

Hamit Coskun is appealing against his conviction after he held the flaming religious text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in London

Hamit Coskun has argued he protested peacefully and burning the Koran amounted to freedom of expression.

Moussa Kadri told Hamit Coskun ‘I’m going to kill you’ before slashing at him with a knife, prosecutors say

When the vice-president of the United States took Sir Keir Starmer to task earlier this year for failing to uphold free speech, the Prime Minister was quick to hit back. “In relation to free speech in the UK, I’m very proud of our history there,” he said. “We’ve had free…

COMMENT: As a protester who set fire to the Quran is found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, Rakib Ehsan says giving Islam special treatment under British law will only harden anti-Muslim prejudices within society

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