Afghan man jailed for threat to kill Reform UK leader Farage in TikTok video
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Fayaz Khan, an Afghan national, was jailed for five years for threatening Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a TikTok video, highlighting social media's legal risks.
LONDON (Reuters) -An Afghan national was jailed for five years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of making a threat to kill Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party which leads opinion polls in Britain.
Fayaz Khan was last week convicted by a jury at London's Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a TikTok video posted in October 2024.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin, editing by William James)
A threat to kill is a statement or action that implies an intention to cause death or serious harm to another person. It can lead to legal consequences, including criminal charges.
A TikTok video is a short-form video shared on the TikTok platform, which allows users to create and share 15 to 60-second videos on various topics, often set to music.
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