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The British far-right activist Tommy Robinson has not been granted a US visa in time to meet with Republican members of Congress in Washington this week, according to an organiser of the meeting.
Robinson is the founder of the English Defence League (EDL) which in the past has staged violent demonstrations against Islam.
Robinson was released from bail conditions at the Old Bailey earlier this month after his contempt of court appeal was sent to the attorney general for a hearing. He has a string of previous convictions in Britain and was jailed by British authorities in 2013 for using a passport in someone else’s name to travel to the United States from Britain.