Britain bars entry to Swedish academic ahead of appearance with Palestine Action founder

LONDON: Swedish climate academic Andreas ‌Malm said on Friday he had been denied entry to Britain, where he was due to speak alongside the co-founder of Palestine Action, a ​group banned as a terrorist organization. Malm, an academic at Sweden’s Lund University, has been a vocal critic of Israel and expressed strong support for the Palestinian movement. Britain’s Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases. Andreas ‌Malm, an academic at Sweden’s Lund University, has been a voc

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