2026年2月25日 美国东部时间晚上10:42 / 路透社
华盛顿，2月25日（路透社） – 英国反伊斯兰活动家汤米·罗宾逊周三访问了美国国务院，并会见了至少一名美国官员，罗宾逊和一名国务院官员的社交媒体帖子显示。
42岁的罗宾逊在X平台（原推特）上发文称：”在美国建立联盟和友谊，今天我有幸受邀访问@StateDept（国务院）。”
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罗宾逊的真名是斯蒂芬·亚克斯利-伦农，他已成为一些英国民族主义者的旗手，也是英国最引人注目的反移民活动家之一，去年9月在伦敦组织了一场约15万人参加的大型集会。
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这位极右翼活动家的访问似乎是特朗普政府在欧洲、英国以及其他它声称政客们在网上压制保守派声音的地方推广”言论自由”的最新例证。
国务院领事事务局高级顾问乔·里滕豪斯与罗宾逊会面，并称他为”言论自由战士”。
里滕豪斯在X平台上发文称：”今天非常荣幸能与’言论自由战士’@TRobinsonNewEra在国务院会面。当我们为言论自由而战时，世界和西方才会变得更美好。没有人比汤米更站在前沿了。很高兴见到你，我的朋友！”
国务院没有回答路透社关于罗宾逊还会见了谁、讨论了什么以及访问目的的问题。
驻华盛顿英国大使馆的一名代表未立即回应置评请求。
在里滕豪斯发布的X平台照片中，可以看到罗宾逊正在国务院的约翰·昆西·亚当斯州立绘画室（该部门的外交接待室之一）内查看物品，该房间收藏着联邦时代的收藏品和杰作。
美国批评英国对言论的限制
特朗普政府一直就言论自由问题批评英国。
在国务院2024年人权报告中（该报告是特朗普政府修改后的年度出版物的缩小版和重新定位版），华盛顿批评英国称该国的人权状况恶化。
报告称，有可靠报告显示存在”对言论自由的严重限制，包括为限制言论而执行或威胁执行刑事或民事法律；以及出于反犹主义动机的犯罪、暴力或暴力威胁。”
美国官员还与他们认为受到在线规则针对的欧洲极右翼政党接触，声称合法的反移民观点被以防止仇恨言论为名进行审查。
他们还谴责欧盟政策，称这些政策在压制右翼政客（包括在罗马尼亚、德国和法国），并声称欧盟《数字服务法》和英国《在线安全法》等规定限制了言论自由。
罗宾逊是”英国防御联盟”（EDL）的创始人，该组织过去曾举行针对伊斯兰的暴力示威。
2013年，他因使用他人护照从英国前往美国而被英国当局监禁。
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British far-right activist Tommy Robinson visits US State Department
February 25, 2026 10:42 PM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson visited the U.S. State Department on Wednesday and met with at least one U.S. official, social media posts from Robinson and a department official showed.
“In America making alliances & friendships, today I had the privilege of an invite to the @StateDept,” Robinson, 42, said in an X post.
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Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain’s most high-profile anti-migration campaigners, organizing a large rally last September in London attended by about 150,000 people.
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The visit of the far-right activist appears to be the latest example of the Trump administration’s promotion of “free speech” in Europe, the UK and other places where it says politicians have stifled conservative voices online.
State Department official Joe Rittenhouse, who is a senior adviser for the department’s Consular Affairs bureau, met with Robinson, calling him a “free speech warrior.”
“Honored to have free speech warrior @TRobinsonNewEra at Department of State today. The World and the West is a better place when we fight for freedom of speech and no one has been on the front lines more than Tommy. Good to see you my friend!” Rittenhouse said in an X post.
The State Department did not provide answers to Reuters questions on who else Robinson met with, what was discussed and what was the objective of his visit.
A representative for the British embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In the photographs that Rittenhouse posted on X, Robinson can be seen examining the objects in the Department’s John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room, one of the department’s diplomatic reception rooms, which features collections and masterpieces from the federal era.
US CRITICISM OF UK RESTRICTIONS ON SPEECH
The Trump administration has been critical of the United Kingdom over free speech issues.
In the State Department’s 2024 human rights report, which was a narrower and re-purposed version of the annual publication following amendments by Trump officials, Washington criticized the UK saying the human rights situation in the country worsened.
It said there were credible reports of “serious restrictions on freedom of expression, including enforcement of or threat of criminal or civil laws in order to limit expression; and crimes, violence, or threats of violence motivated by antisemitism.”
U.S. officials have also engaged with far-right parties in Europe they see as targeted by online rules, arguing legitimate anti-immigration views are censored in the name of preventing hate speech.
They have also denounced European Union policies that they say are suppressing right-wing politicians, including in Romania, Germany and France, and have claimed rules like the EU’s Digital Services Act and Britain’s Online Safety Act limit free speech.
Robinson is the founder of the English Defence League, or EDL, which in the past has staged violent demonstrations against Islam.
He was jailed by British authorities in 2013 for using a passport in someone else’s name to travel to the United States from Britain.
Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Additional reporting by Simon Lewis; Editing by Don Durfee and Lincoln Feast.
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