[caoilte]

I'm not aware of any Western European political dissidents who have had bank accounts cancelled, but it wouldn't surprise me if a fascist/racist like Tommy Robinson violated some hate speech law and had bank accounts he was receiving donations to cancelled.

It's very common for Venezuelan, Iranian and Cuban citizens to be targeted in this way, however. Even those with dual nationality.

The fundamental problem is that bank accounts are not considered a human right. As we become increasingly cashless this becomes more and more of a problem.

[lostlogin]

> I'm not aware of any Western European political dissidents who have had bank accounts cancelled

It’s not the same but it’s on its way there - in New Zealand Nicky Hagar wrote Dirty Politics - shady deals and hatchet jobs being performed by a sleazy blog at the behest of politicians (primarily the current leader of New Zealand’s largest opposition party, Judith Collins).

Under political pressure to act, police asked Westpac bank for 10 months of Hager's bank records and received them, falsely claiming he was being investigated for fraud. They did not have a warrant.

The whole disgusting episode was made farcical by the later revelation that police had searched Hagars house but missed documents leaked by Snowden.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-pay-nicky-hager-substan...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Politics

[im3w1l]

https://reclaimthenet.org/gab-refused-by-three-banks

Founder's family has also been blacklisted, because apparently they are guilty by association.

[shapefrog]

Wikileaks.

[krageon]

> I'm not aware of

Yes, but to be fair that can just as easily be because as soon as you earn enough reputation as a dissident you are buried (metaphorically! Western Europe is very velvet glove when it comes to murder).