Drew Pavlou

2022 - 7 - 24

Aussie activist Drew Pavlou arrested over alleged embassy bomb ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Drew Pavlou was protesting outside of the Chinese Embassy in London when a bomb threat was allegedly made under his name.

“They pressured me to hold interview without lawyers present, I was only allowed one five minute monitored phone call after 20 hours. “British police held me for 23 hours, I was held incommunicado with no ability to tell anybody where I was, I was denied access to lawyer for more than 10 hours, they claimed my lawyers were not available but my lawyers called the police dozens of times. Drew Pavlou was protesting for human rights with the Uyghur flag outside of the embassy, when he was arrested and interviewed without lawyers or consular access, and claims the threat was “invented” by the embassy. His friend Harry Allen says he was also arrested after filming Pavlou’s arrest and charged with “conspiracy to make a bomb threat” Pavlou was detained by Metropolitan Police in London over the alleged bomb threat made to the Chinese Embassy he was protesting outside of. An Australian activist says he could face seven years in prison after he was arrested over a bomb threat made to the Chinese Embassy in London.

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Australian activist Drew Pavlou arrested in London but denies ... (The Guardian)

Pavlou says the emailed threat was intended to frame him after he staged a peaceful protest carrying a Uyghur flag outside the embassy.

“At around 4:30pm on 21 June, a man was detained at the Chinese embassy in Portland Place due to his suspicious behaviour. Human rights groups and several governments have labelled the campaign a genocide or crime against humanity. I just wanted to peacefully protest and the Chinese embassy have invented this narrative that I’m a terrorist. Facing seven years in prison,” he wrote on Twitter. “I miss my family, I can’t leave the country, they’ve threatened to arrest me at the border. “The UK police arrested me.

Australian activist detained in London over alleged bomb threat ... (ABC News)

Drew Pavlou says he was kept in custody overnight by British police and held incommunicado over allegations he had emailed a bomb threat to the Chinese ...

He was eventually released but says UK authorities advised him against leaving the country, despite not being formally charged with anything. And then they said 'no, it has to be now'. I was just absolutely exhausted. And then it suddenly made sense why I was being handcuffed so harshly and being basically treated so poorly," he said. "He was found to be in possession of a quantity of glue and had attempted to glue his hand to the outside of the embassy building. "I said, can we do it later? "I was obviously just really frightened. "He was found to be in possession of a quantity of glue and had attempted to glue his hand to the outside of the embassy building," the spokesperson said. "I said, what? Mr Pavlou says officers began by asking him who he was and why he was in the UK, his reasons for going to the Chinese embassy. He denied all allegations against him. You can't ring anyone. You can't talk to anyone.

Australian anti-China activist arrested for alleged 'bomb threat' (The New Daily)

A serial anti-China activist who was thrown out of Wimbledon has accused Beijing of faking a bomb-threat email in order to have him arrested in London.

It’s just insanity,” he told the ABC. In response to a question about Australians and those with loved ones in China who are being detained, Mr Xiao said the detention of the Uyghur community was not a matter of human rights, but of “separatism” and “terrorism”. Mr Pavlou was removed from the event, after holding up a sign which read “Free Tibet” and “Free Hong Kong”. “I wanted to peacefully protest. “I didn’t want to disrupt the actual match itself, so I waited to make sure there was a break in the play and then I just basically held up a sign saying ‘Where is Peng Shuai?'” Mr Pavlou said. Mr Pavlou said he was a peaceful protester but the Chinese government was trying to paint him as a terrorist.

London police respond after arresting Australian activist over ... (SBS)

Drew Pavlou says he has a "black mark" on his reputation "forever" after London's Metropolitan Police briefly detained him on suspicion of sending a fake ...

Talk about a holiday from hell," Mr Pavlou said. Human rights activist Drew Pavlou was arrested in the UK and released following a protest he held outside the Chinese embassy in London. Source: Getty / AFP / Patrick Hamilton After attempting to glue his hand and theto the embassy gate, Mr Pavlou said London's Metropolitan Police arrested him for allegedly sending a fake bomb threat to the embassy in an email. According to Mr Pavlou, police officers told him that the Chinese embassy filed a report about an email it received that read: "This is Drew Pavlou you have until 12pm to stop the Uyghur Genocide or I blow up the embassy with a bomb regards Drew." Mr Pavlou, 23, was arrested while staging a "small peaceful human rights protest" outside the Chinese embassy in London to defend the rights of. Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou was arrested and subsequently released by London police over an alleged fake bomb threat sent in an email to the Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom.

Drew Pavlou released after arrest by London police over alleged ... (Neos Kosmos)

Greek Australian political activist Drew Pavlou was arrested in London outside the Chinese Embassy over an alleged bomb threat.

Mr Pavlou was detained for almost 24 hours and released the next day. Authorities said that the man arrested – not identified by name – was offered legal advice, but Mr Pavlou said he was denied the right to speak to a lawyer for hours as well as access to consular assistance. Outspoken critic of the Chinese government, Drew Pavlou, was detained and subsequently released by Metropolitan Police in London over an alleged bomb threat.