A man who burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London has branded his prosecution “an assault on free speech” as campaigners argued the ruling “signals a concerning capitulation ...

Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) Islam” while holding a burning Quran aloft outside the Turkish consulate on Feb. 13. He argued in court that he had protested peacefully.