{"id":7013,"date":"2026-06-14T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/uk-anti-islam-activist-robinson-briefly-detained-under-terrorism-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:03:00","slug":"uk-anti-islam-activist-robinson-briefly-detained-under-terrorism-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/uk-anti-islam-activist-robinson-briefly-detained-under-terrorism-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"UK anti-Islam activist Robinson briefly detained under terrorism laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>LONDON &#8211; British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson said he was detained at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and had his phone seized, after a week when he posted heavily online about racist and anti-immigrant riots in Northern Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/rivian-ceo-reveals-a-costly-mistake-ev-rivals-keep-making\/\">Rivian CEO reveals a costly mistake EV rivals keep making<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said on X he was held on Saturday evening for around three hours under the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My phone has been seized by the police,&#8221; he said on X. &#8220;Please help kick off my legal fund for defence&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Robinson tweeted repeatedly last week about violence that swept Belfast after a video went viral showing the brutal stabbing of a man, who lost an eye in the attack. 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Police have said they are not treating the attack as terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the days that followed rioters targeted homes and businesses owned by ethnic minorities or foreign residents in what the British minister for the province called racist thuggery.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/where-does-your-dog-rank-on-a-list-of-the-50-biggest-breeds-according-to-the-american-kennel-club\/\">Where does your dog rank on a list of the 50 biggest breeds, according to the American Kennel Club?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Local politicians have said far-right agitators online had helped to coordinate or promote the violence. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Without naming him, a police spokesman said officers had stopped a man in his 40s at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, following his return to Britain from Russia via Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The man was interviewed by officers and his communication devices were seized. He was subsequently released,&#8221; the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/fidelity-offers-a-lifeline-to-millions-before-social-security-shifts\/\">Fidelity offers a lifeline to millions before Social Security shifts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Barbara Lewis)<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>June 14, 2026 at 5:38 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8211; British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson said he was detained at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and had his phone seized, after a week when he posted heavily online about racist and anti-immigrant riots in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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