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A British woman was stopped by police at a train station and told she was under investigation after a passenger on a train reported feeling uncomfortable and alleged she had made comments referencing the Holocaust.
Police said they had received a text message alleging she had denied the Holocaust, and subsequently tracked her down and told her she was being investigated for a "racially aggravated public order" offence.
The woman, Fiona Rose Diamond, an activist with anti-Zionist views, said she was expressing political views about the political ideology Zionism.
She said she had just returned from an oncology appointment in London when she was met by British Transport Police at the station.
She also said she believed the timing and circumstances were not a coincidence.
The activist argued that anti-Zionism is increasingly being deliberately conflated with antisemitism in order to silence criticism of Israel and suppress dissenting political views in Britain.
"I am more than entitled to hold beliefs about a political ideology," she said in the video, adding that her grandfather was Jewish.
The incident has sparked renewed debate over free speech in the UK.
