"We can confirm that on Saturday, counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick airport stopped a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s under schedule 3 of the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Neither of them were arrested and they were allowed on their way."
"There was never any chance of an offence. We were obstructed from providing legal support and the conduct of the affair has been designed to intimidate political opponents of the drive towards war with Russia and China."
Former MP George Galloway and his wife Putri Gayatri Pertiwi were stopped by counter-terrorism officers at Gatwick Airport after returning from Moscow via Abu Dhabi. Officers invoked schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, which permits stop, question, search and detention at ports to determine hostile activity and can require passwords for devices. Neither Galloway nor his wife were arrested and both were released without charge. The Workers Party of Britain described the detentions as politically motivated intimidation, said legal support had been obstructed, and claimed freedom of speech was being undermined amid opposition to war with Russia and China.
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