Detention follows complaint over film shown to crowd at march in central London on Saturday.
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Tommy Robinson has been arrested under anti-terror laws, according to his social media account.
It comes after a film was allegedly screened in contempt of court during a protest in London.
A post on X said: “We can confirm that Tommy Robinson has been detained by police using powers afforded to them under the Terrorism Act 2000.”
“That’s right, you read that correctly, Tommy is being held by police using counter terrorism legislation.”
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A complaint was later made over a film which was allegedly shown to the crowd in breach of a High Court order, with police saying officers were making further inquiries.
Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, also on Saturday afternoon posted a one hour 45 minute film on X, in which he said he had previously avoided publishing the video because he was “scared”.
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‘We can confirm that Tommy Robinson has been detained by Police using powers afforded to them under the Terrorism Act 2000.
The former English Defence League leader made the claim a day after thousands of his supporters marched through central London before gathering in Trafalgar Square for his ‘Uniting The Kingdom’ rally.
The event, billed by the 41-year-old as the ‘biggest patriotic rally the UK has ever seen’, saw Robinson and other members of the far-right give speeches.
The crowd was also shown a documentary called Silenced – about a Syrian refugee Jamal Hijazi being assaulted by another pupil in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield – despite a judge previously calling it contempt of court.
Mr Hijazi successfully sued Robinson in 2021 for libel and the former English Defence League leader, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was ordered to pay him £100,000 in damages plus costs.
After the screening yesterday Robinson had challenged the authorities to ‘take him to court’.
The authorities, police and local councils paid a fortune for the truth to be silenced.
Watch Tommy Robinson’s documentary on the hoax story Syrian refugee schoolboy water boarded by white thug .
Local council according to figures from council paid over a quarter of a million in non disclosure agreements to teachers .— Adam Adomount (@adomount) July 28, 2024
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