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Turkish Migrant, Seeking Asylum in UK, Posted Terrorist Videos
Small Boat Migrant Posted ProTerrorist Videos While Seeking Asylum
Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, arrived in the UK on a small boat crossing the Channel He was jailed for 45 months after sharing material glorifying violent terrorism
The Telegraph BBC 9 APR 2025
Dangerous' extremist who lived in Welsh city jailed..Hakan Barac, 28 has been jailed for 45 months for supporting IS.
A judge has criticised a small boat migrant who posted pro Islamic State videos online while applying for asylum...
Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, had reached the country two years ago and was in the process of applying for asylum when he was arrested by counter-terrorism police last year.
Bristol Crown Court heard Barac had been posting videos on social media sites, including Instagram and Telegram, glorifying Isis and terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
The videos showed jihadists preparing for martyrdom, and also featured Saudi born Canadian recruiter Mohammed Khalifa.
Ben Lloyd, prosecuting, said: It was apparent that a substantial number of followers to his accounts were interested in extreme Islamic subject matters.
The defendant shared such material recklessly. In other words, he was reckless as to whether an effect of his posting the material would be the direct or indirect encouragement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
The prosecution's position is that the defendants activity, whilst not intentional, nevertheless involved a repeated and wilful disregard with a clear, serious and obvious risk of encouraging terrorist activity.
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