58 h. ago British political commentator is greeted by his family after flying home from the US after being held by ICE for two weeks

Sami Hamdi was detained on October 26 at San Francisco International Airport after US officials revoked his visa during a speaking tour in which he criticised Israel 's actions in Gaza .

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59 h. ago British political commentator after release by Ice: ‘Extremists will never win’

Sami Hamdi, who is Muslim and lives in London, landed at Heathrow Airport on Thursday afternoon following his detention by Ice.

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60 h. ago British commentator Sami Hamdi mulling possibility of taking legal action against US over detention

British political commentator Sami Hamdi has said on his arrival back in the U.K. that he was considering suing U.S. authorities for his detention in an immigration detention center

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4 d. ago British Muslim commentator Sami Hamdi agrees to leave US after immigration detention

British political commentator Sami Hamdi plans to leave the U.S. after spending over two weeks in immigration detention

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2 w. ago Family of British commentator Sami Hamdi accuse US of ‘abducting’ him over criticism of Israel

The family of British commentator Sami Hamdi claim his detention is a politically motivated attempt to silence his support for Palestinian rights

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2 w. ago Wife of British journalist ‘abducted by ICE’ speaks out: ‘We’re being kept in the dark’

Soumaya Hamdi says she has barely spoken to Sami Hamdi since he was taken over his pro-Palestinian advocacyThe wife of a British political commentator who was detained by immigration authorities while on a speaking tour of the US said she has only been able to speak with him for “30 seconds” since he was taken into custody on Sunday over his pro-Palestinian advocacy.Soumaya Hamdi told the Guardian she first learned her husband, Sami Hamdi, was detained at San Francisco international airport when a friend asked her to confirm rumors he had been “abducted by ICE”. When he was finally able to briefly call her, Hamdi only had enough time to say he had been taken to an immigration detention center in McFarland, California, where he remains. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by federal authorities at California airport

Officials say British political commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport

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