Britain revoked Eva Vlaardingerbroek’s travel permit. The Home Office said her presence was “not conducive to the public good.”

She applied for a visa in October to speak at a Restore Britain event. It wasn’t processed in time.

France placed Michel Houellebecq, its most famous living novelist, under formal investigation over a magazine interview he gave in 2022.

Neither of them hurt anyone. Neither has been convicted of anything.

They were punished for what they said.