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UK Man Who Burned Quran May Seek US Asylum as Trump Administration Reviews Case
The U.S. State Department considers aid for Hamit Coskun, who faces a Crown Prosecution Service appeal after his Quran burning conviction was overturned.
- U.S. State Department officials are preparing to help Hamit Coskun leave the UK if he loses his appeal at the High Court on Tuesday, with the Trump administration discussing refugee status.
- Earlier, Hamit Coskun burned a Quran outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge in February 2025 and was convicted last year at Westminster Magistrates Court, fined £240 with a £96 surcharge.
- Prosecutors insisted the charge was for public order, while CPS lawyers and a High Court judge debated if offensive expression is protected speech, during the incident involving Moussa Kadri and Coskun.
- Senior U.S. officials say the Coskun case is `one of several` they are monitoring, likely to escalate tensions over free speech amid disputes involving Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- Earlier this month, Sarah Rogers, the under-secretary of state for public diplomacy, told The Telegraph that Britons prosecuted over speech may seek U.S. refugee protection, amid debates on free speech and policy.
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Man who burned Quran in London may get US asylum as case draws Trump administration attention
Free speech controversy erupts as the U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service appeals the overturned conviction of Hamit Coskun, who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Consulate in London.
UK Quran burner may receive US asylum as Trump administration weighs support
A British court is challenging the acquittal of Hamit Coskun, who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London last year; The Telegraph reported that the Trump administration is in talks to grant him asylum if he loses his case, with Coskun arguing he may have to flee Britain
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