Tommy Robinson is in isolation “for his own safety”, contrary to Elon Musk’s claims

Elon Musk has asked Tommy Robinson be released, stating that the former leader of the English Defense League is in “isolation prison” for “telling the truth.”

The world’s richest man also accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute “rapist gangs” when he ran the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

The paper Check out if the comments were accurate.

Claim: Robinson is in solitary confinement for telling the truth

Billionaire Tesla founder Musk posted on X: “Why is Tommy Robinson in solitary confinement for telling the truth?

“He should be released and those who covered up this farce should take their place in that cell.”

The owner of X, who has 210 million followers, shared a “documentary” produced by Robinson called Silencedin which he claims that the courts have become politicized against those on the right, and describes it as “worth watching.”

Labor MP Stella Creasy hit out at Musk saying: “Tommy Robinson is in prison for contempt of court because he repeated false claims against a Syrian refugee.

“It is not (sic) a ‘debate’. It is (sic) a lie and he tried to use it to foment anger and hatred in our society for political purposes. Elon Musk seems to be doing the same.”

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 18 months after admitting he was in contempt of court by repeating false accusations against a Syrian refugee in violation of a court order.

Robinson had been prohibited from repeating false accusations against then-student Jamal Hijazi, who successfully sued him for defamation.

The Attorney General filed the first contempt complaint against Robinson in June of this year, alleging that he “knowingly” violated the order on four occasions.

Lawyers previously told a judge that the violations included Robinson having “published, caused, authorized or procured” a film titled Silencedcontaining the defamatory accusations, in May 2023.

The student’s lawyers previously said the false documentary claims had had “a devastating effect” on him and his family and forced them to move home.

The film remains pinned at the top of Robinson’s X profile, although he also repeated the claims in three interviews between February and June 2023.

The second claim was issued in Augustwhich concerned six further infringements, including the screening of the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, central London, this year.

Robinson was ordered to serve 18 months, but the judge who sentenced him said this could be reduced to 14 months if he “purges” his contempt, for example by removing the film from his X account.

When told he could reduce his sentence if he removed the film from his social media account, Robinson shook his head.

Supporters who have visited Robinson have reported that he is serving time in solitary confinement at HMP Woodhill, which the MK Citizen has reported It’s for your own safety..

Jamal Hijazi successfully sued Robinson for defamation after images of him being assaulted in the playground at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield in October 2018 went viral on social media.

Robinson claimed in two Facebook videos that Jamal Hijazi was violent towards other students at the school.

During a four-day trial in April 2021, Jamal Hijazi’s lawyers said Robinson’s comments led the teenager to “face death threats and extremist agitation.”

The judge ruled in Hijazi’s favor and awarded her £100,000 in damages.

Robinson, who represented himself, said his comments were substantially true and claimed he had “uncovered dozens of accounts of aggressive, abusive and deceptive behavior” by the teenager.

But in his judgment, Judge Nicklin said: “There is no trace of such behavior on the part of the plaintiff (Hijazi) in these records. On the contrary, their behavior is overwhelmingly positive.

“The defendant (Robinson) took on the burden of proving that his allegations were true. It has failed. In reality, and for the reasons I have explained, his testimony was regrettably insufficient.”

Verdict: False

Claim: Keir Starmer did not prosecute ‘rapist gangs’

Musk accused Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, of trying to cover up Starmer’s failure to prosecute rape gangs.

He said: “They oppose an investigation, because it will show that those in power were complicit in the cover-up.”

In another post, he wrote: “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require approval from the Crown Prosecution Service for police to bring charges against suspects. Who was the head of the CPS when rapist gangs were allowed to exploit girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008-2013.

“Who is Jess Phillips’ boss right now? Keir Starmer. “The real reason he is refusing to investigate rapist gangs is that it would obviously lead to blaming Keir Starmer (head of the CPS at the time).”

Following her comments, Kemi Badenoch said that “a full national investigation into the rape gang scandal is long overdue.”

The Conservative Party leader wrote in “2025 must be the year victims begin to get justice.”

UK Reform MP for Great Yarmouth Rupert Lowe joined calls for an inquiry, arguing the issue has been “shamefully ignored and suppressed for too long”.

Responding to calls for an investigation by Oldham Council, Jess Phillips said: “It is solely for Oldham Council to decide to commission an investigation into child sexual exploitation at a local level, rather than the Government intervening.”

As Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer launched legal action in 2013 against Rochdale gangs and launched reforms to the way the CPS handles child sexual abuse cases.

During his leadership from 2008 to 2013, the extent of child sexual abuse in areas such as Rotherham and Rochdale became widely known.

Concern about the abuse of girls by child trafficking gangs made up of members of some minority communities in towns in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and some Midlands counties. first appeared in 2002when they were raised by the then Labor MP for Keighley, Ann Cryer.

Subsequent reports and investigations analyzed by fact-checking website FullFact He said some people believed “fear of being branded ‘racist’” had hampered the ability of official agencies to combat the problem.

But Starmer did not become prosecution leader and head of the CPS until November 1, 2008, six years later.

He was head of the CPS in 2009 when the key decision was made not to prosecute a case in Rochdale, but Completed fact He said there was no evidence he had any personal involvement in the decision.

star told the Home Affairs Committee that the decision was based on CPS guidelines at the time, suggesting that a jury might find the victims unreliable and unlikely to lead to a conviction.

However, in 2011 the decision was overturned by a new chief prosecutor for the northwest, Nazir Afzal, and a total of nine men were subsequently convicted.

Yahoo News reported Afzal said: “The only way to make that case was to admit that we had failed these victims when they first filed a complaint in 2008.

“Keir was 100 percent supportive of the decision to publicly admit that we had made mistakes in the past.”

Starmer named Afzal head of a newly formed national network of prosecutors specializing in child abuse and sexual exploitation.

Afzal went on to oversee numerous convictions against other grooming gangs.

From 2008 to 2011, there were 14 grooming gang prosecutions, according to The times.

Verdict: False