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British political commentator Sami Hamdi has returned to London after being detained in the United States for over two weeks. His visa was revoked during a speaking tour where he criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza. Hamdi, who says the case violated his freedom of speech, was released after two U.S. judges ruled in his favor. U.S. authorities, however, say the visa cancellation followed security protocol.

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00:00thank you very much everybody for being here it's good to be home it's nice to
00:18finally be back amongst the clouds I want to say that it's wonderful to be
00:25back after being exonerated by two federal judges both of whom found that
00:29there were serious breaches of freedom of speech I want to say that this wasn't
00:34just an attack on me it was an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and
00:39citizens worldwide it was an attack on their freedom to speak the truth in the
00:45face of hatred and then when I sought to let my family know I said can I call my
00:51wife or mine I'm pleased that I was able to return home I'm pleased that the
00:55judges found that my freedom of speech rights were infringed upon and I'm
01:00pleased that my voice is back and that the extremists will never win they will
01:05never prevent our voices from being loud from resonating with the world and I
01:10want to thank everybody who showed solidarity everybody who stood the site
01:14alongside me I am NOT the story the story is about the world that is waking up to
01:23the truth the truth is louder than hate the truth is louder than the bigots the
01:28truth is louder than the extremists they failed to silence me they will continue
01:33to fail to silence all those voices of truth and I'm glad that I am here in
01:37London where our freedoms are also protected and they will be protecting
01:40America as well thanks to the cooler heads in the federal court system
01:44give me a reason and if there is no reason I'll just book my ticket to London
01:48and fly home they told me that's not the way I won this case the extremists
01:52failed to silence my voice they failed to remove my freedom of speech America
01:57stood with me against the extremist Israeli lobby Americans stood alongside me
02:02you saw the American media you saw the American community you saw ordinary
02:07Americans on the street you saw ordinary Americans on social media they came out
02:12for me because they believe that we shared this message of truth with one another
02:42foreign
02:43friends
02:45this idea of lazım
02:46such a illuminating
02:48this about the universe
02:50you
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02:52so
02:53we are
02:55the
02:56hope
02:58you
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