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Questioning of journalist at UK airport highlights increasing overreach of border forces

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Matt Broomfield's interrogation at the UK border highlights a worrying trend which threatens the ability of journalists to travel freely.

Questioning of journalist at UK airport highlights increasing overreach of border forces - Index on Censorship

The police at London’s Luton airport worked through a list of questions. Did Broomfield consider his reporting to be objective? Did he include multiple sources in his work? How did he get paid? What was his opinion about beheadings, and did he ever send anybody a photo of a beheading? “Not answering the questions is a criminal offence, so I complied,” British journalist Matt Broomfield said about the questioning he was subject to in July. His laptop and phone were confiscated and he didn’t receive them back.

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