Comment by foldr

It seems to be an outlier because news coverage in English-speaking media tends to report on the UK more than other European countries, for various reasons.

It’s super easy to find examples if you look for them. In fact, this example from Spain is far worse than any of the examples you’re likely to find in the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/18/student-cassan...

The thing is, it’s not an important part of a certain unmentionable person’s political strategy to portray Spain as an authoritarian hellhole. So you won’t hear nearly as much about cases like this.