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Andreas Malm condemns UK travel ban as ‘drift into authoritarianism’

30 October 2026 at 14:58

Swedish climate academic says he has been ‘kept in the dark’ over Home Office decision to revoke his travel authorisation

The Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm has condemned a travel ban imposed on him by the UK government as a “drift into authoritarianism” amid criticism of the move.

Malm, the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, said he had been “kept in the dark” by the UK’s immigration authorities over the reasons for his electronic travel authorisation (ETA) being revoked.

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© Photograph: Album/Alamy

© Photograph: Album/Alamy

© Photograph: Album/Alamy

UK bars ‘How to Blow up a Pipeline’ author from appearing with Palestine Action co-founder

30 October 2026 at 14:38
Swedish climate activist Andreas Malm, who hailed the Hamas-led Oct 7. attack as 'an act of liberation,' claims he's being 'banned from doing my work as an intellectual, as an academic'
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