Germany has reportedly denied entry to @GhassanAbuSitt1, Ghassan Abu Sitta, a British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon and rector of a British university, who was invited to speak at a Palestinian conference in Berlin about his work in Gaza hospitals during the current conflict. This action by the German government has sparked outrage, with accusations of silencing a witness to genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and complicity in the ongoing conflict. Additionally, incidents surrounding the Palestine Congress in Berlin included the arrest of a German Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace for holding a sign reading 'Jews against Genocide' by German police for anti-semitism, and the prevention of the Rector of Glasgow University from entering the country.
This is extraordinarily serious. A prominent doctor, rector of a British university, British citizen, prevented from entering Germany in violation of every law simply because he is Palestinian https://t.co/OGDMvpza3P
An outrage. Ghassan Abu Sitta is a British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon who witnessed the first month of the German-armed Israeli onslaught on Gaza. Now Germany has banned him from entering to stop him offering evidence of the crimes facilitated by the German state. https://t.co/FhF8scHWQW
Invited to address a conference in Berlin about my work in Gaza hospitals during the present conflict. The German government has forcibly prevented me from entering the country Silencing a witness to genocide before the ICJ adds to Germany's complicity in the ongoing massacre.
Outside our Palestine Congress in Berlin, a German Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace has been arrested, for holding up a sign reading "Jews against Genocide", by German police for... anti-semitism. Police also prevented the Rector of Glasgow University from entering. https://t.co/IS493VMiJA
Germany has reportedly denied entry to @GhassanAbuSitt1, preventing his participation in a Palestinian conference in Berlin. https://t.co/HILDjqfaBC