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🚨BREAKING Palestinian families seek justice as they file a criminal complaint against officials for complicity in Gaza genocide. #AccountabilityNow The case is supported by @ELSClegal @rabetbypipd @law4palestine under @Acc4Palestine . Read more here👇🏽 /1

Accountability Now: Palestinians Sue German Government Officials for Enabling the Genocide in Gaza

GERMAN VERSION BELOW/DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG UNTEN Berlin – 23 February 2024 Today, a group of German lawyers – representing families of two Gazans – is filing a criminal complaint against German...

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OUR MOVEMENT’S VICTORIES IN GERMANY! In a context where extremely repressive 🇩🇪 authorities are violating the most fundamental rights, activists & lawyers of our network recently won two very important court cases, reaffirming the legality of Palestine solidarity slogans! /1

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🎉VICTORY! Thanks to strong pushback against @m7mdkurd ’s disinvitation from a conference by the @goetheinstitut , the entire program was cancelled. Calling out anti-Palestinian repression is a great tool! 1/4

German culture event scaled down after Palestine controversy

Germany's Goethe-Institut has scaled down its upcoming event, 'Beyond The Lone Offender,' after participants withdrew just days before over the decision to disinvite Mohammed El-Kurd.

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➡️ The Münster Administrative Court stated that the slogans “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” & “Child murderer Israel” are not illegal and are protected by freedom of expression. So is “Stop the genocide in Gaza”, as the Cologne Administrative Court recalls. /2

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Read the Cologne Court’s decision: In this decision, the judge recalled that “the assembly slogan [Stop the genocide in Gaza] is a claim that is based on a truthful fact - here: signs of genocide” and quoted a statement from UN Special Rapporteurs. /5

VG Köln, Beschluss vom 01.12.2023 - 20 L 2423/23

1. Die aufschiebende Wirkung der Klage der Antragstellerin - 20 K 6607/23 - gegen den Bescheid des Polizeipräsidiums Bonn vom 23.11.2023 wird wiederhergestellt. Der Antragsgegner trägt die Kosten de...

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In both decisions,the judge reiterated that criticism of the Israeli state is protected by freedom of expression, stressing that the slogans are directed against Israel & not against the Jewish population of Germany, thus rejecting any inflammatory allegations of antisemitism. /6

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🚨We are keeping track of incidents of repression against Palestine advocacy in EU & the UK. #antipalestinianracism 👇🏽Please report and reach out for support here:

Report an incident

To read and fill the form in other languages: ARABIC – الإبلاغ عن حادثة GERMAN – Einen Vorfall melden FRENCH – Signaler un incident DUTCH – Meld een incident ITALIAN – Segnala il tuo caso If you,...

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🔴BREAKING! We have launched a new report exposing the harmful impacts of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism (IHRA WDA) -which conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel- on the freedoms of expression and assembly in the EU & UK. #NOIHRA 1/11

BREAKING-New Report Reveals Human Rights Violations Resulting from IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

Today, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) launches its new report “Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism – Violating the Rights to Freedom...

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🚨While #Israel is enforcing apartheid by expelling Palestinian family in Sheikh Jarrah, @Stadt_Wien filed a lawsuit against a @BdsAustria activist for sharing online the “Visit Apartheid” poster. Case details👉 #SaveSheikJarrah #ViennaVisitApartheid 1/6

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While this may seem obvious, German authorities are outrageously trying to criminalise these slogans and other expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people, even more so since 7 October. /3

‘I am starting to question whether we have freedom of speech in Germany’

Banners were seized at a recent Berlin rally, fuelling fears that free speech does not extend to the Palestinian cause.

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Both court decisions followed protest bans issued by the Police. We congratulate the activists and their lawyers who refused to be silenced and boldly challenged the bans! @AhmedAbedNK @PalastinaA Read the Münster Court's decision: /4

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🚨BREAKING 🇩🇪First victory in the Deutsche Welle case! The Bonn Labour Court found yesterday that the dismissal of Palestinian journalist Maram Salem by German media @DeutscheWelle was unlawful & the allegations of antisemitism against her unfounded. 1/3

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We affirm once again that we will not be deterred nor silenced! Let’s stand together firmly & boldly. As you continue to take action, make sure to visit our ‘Know Your Rights’ resources & report any form of repression here👉🏽 👉🏽 /7

Justice for Palestine: we will not be deterred nor silenced

n light of the heinous actions of the State of Israel against the Palestinian people, and the extension of its oppressive structures onto Palestinians and their supporters in Europe, the ELSC...

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🚨WARNING! Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly have been unduly restricted in Berlin 🚨 The Berlin Police just banned a vigil organized in occasion of the Nakba day and for Shereen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian journalist brutally killed by an IDF soldier in Jenin. 1/4

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🔻German Palestinian scholar Dr. Anna-Esther Younes tells us how and why she has been surveilled and excluded from public debate. Anti-democratic practices aimed at silencing Palestinian and decolonial voices in action!

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🚨BREAKING While #ShireenAbuAkleh 's funeral is being heavily repressed in #Palestine Berlin police is banning demonstrations to mourn her & to commemorate #NakbaDay . READ about the unfounded & shocking allegations made by the police to issue the ban.👇🏽1/10 #AntiPalestinianRacism

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🚨BREAKING Another victory in the Deutsche Welle case! Today, Berlin Labour Court found Deutsche Welle unlawfully dismissed journalist @Farah_Maraqa #DW 👇🏽1/4

Berlin Court Finds Deutsche Welle Unlawfully Dismissed Journalist Farah Maraqa

Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Farah Maraqa won her lawsuit against German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), which dismissed her and other 6 journalists in February 2022.

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🔻Tomorrow, join us for an online session with our lawyers who will answer questions about protest rights, the use of slogans, police violence, residency status etc. for people in Germany. Register here: /8

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🚨LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GERMAN ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL🚨 Berlin lawyers stand with Gaza, filing an urgent application against German government officials to halt arms exports to Israel. 🔜Follow the live press conference here! /1

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⚖️UPDATE⚖️ We reiterate that these are major victories for the Palestine solidarity movement, not only for activists in Münster and Cologne, but also for those elsewhere. However, our post has raised a few questions; here are some clarifications. 1/5🧵

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OUR MOVEMENT’S VICTORIES IN GERMANY! In a context where extremely repressive 🇩🇪 authorities are violating the most fundamental rights, activists & lawyers of our network recently won two very important court cases, reaffirming the legality of Palestine solidarity slogans! /1

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🚨 We stand in solidarity with Caryl Churchill, one of the UK’s most influential contemporary dramatists, who has been stripped of her 2022 European Drama award as a result of her Palestinian rights advocacy.

Cancellation of award for playwright Caryl Churchill condemned

Leading figures in British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights

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🚨 VICTORY: Judge refused to prosecute former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau for suspending the Twinning Agreement between the city and Tel Aviv. 1/5

La jueza archiva la causa penal a Ada Colau por suspender el hermanamiento de Barcelona con Tel Aviv

La magistrada no ve delito de odio ni prevaricación y desestima la querella interpuesta por el abogado Francesc Jufresa en nombre de la entidad Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio

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🚨 Breaking 🚨The UK government has just published its ‘anti-boycott bill’, which threatens to erode local democracy, restrict freedom of expression, and undermine campaigns for social and climate justice: #RightToBoycott 1/7

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🚨 ELSC STATEMENT 19.10.23: The ELSC expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation and justice against colonial oppression and apartheid. We will not be silenced nor deterred! 1/11

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Demos bans, searching, beatings & arrests of Palestinians in Berlin streets. This is what happened this weekend. #NakbaDay 🚨We sent an urgent letter to UN special Rapporteurs on racism, on freedom of expression, and on freedom of peaceful assembly. 👇🏽 1/6

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🔥 Not justice for some, but #justiceforall . The Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative warned some European public officials of possible prosecution for complicity in crimes against Gaza. 1/

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🚨2 MUSLIM EMPLOYEES SUE @LloydsBank FOR DISCRIMINATION! Affy & Aliya are taking the financial giant to court after it sanctioned them for expressing solidarity with Palestine. #ExceptForPalestine WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR AFFY & ALIYA!🧵1/6

WE’RE TAKING LLOYDS BANK TO COURT TO PROTECT PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY! | European Legal Support...

Affy and Aliya are two Muslim women employed by Lloyds Bank (LBP), one of the UK’s biggest banks. In May 2021, both posted statements in support of Palestine on the bank’s internal intranet portal....

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Over 500 renowned scholars, human rights defenders, activists and CSOs condemn another case of censorship and anti-Palestinian racism in Germany! Do you also support critical voices that advocate against structural racism? TAKE ACTION:

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🔴VICTORY: At a time when all expressions of support for the Palestinian cause are facing criminalisation at utterly unprecedented levels across Europe, Dutch court rules that "from the river to the sea” is fully legitimate! 1/9

VICTORY: “From the river to the sea” is protected speech, Dutch court rules!

At a time when expressions of support for the Palestinian cause are facing criminalisation at utterly unprecedented levels across Europe, we draw attention to the Dutch court ruling: “From the river...

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👏🏽VICTORY! Brussels Parliament passed a resolution to fight antisemitism while distancing itself from the EU strategy to combat antisemitism which puts the harmful IHRA definition of antisemitism at its heart. The resolution explicitly excludes any reference to the definition.1/2

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Prendre des mesures fortes contre l'antisémitisme sans entraver la critique de la politique israélienne, c'est possible, comme l'a prouvé aujourd'hui le Parlement régional bruxellois. 👏 Communiqué de l'ABP 👇 @PTBparlbru @EcoloBruxelles @psbruxellois

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🚨NEW! Together with @OfficialBrismes , we have launched a new report exposing the harmful impacts of the IHRA definition of antisemitism -which conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel- on academic freedom & free speech in UK campuses. #NOIHRA 1/14

New Report Highlights Major Free Speech Issues in UK Universities

A controversial definition of antisemitism that conflates criticisms of Israel with antisemitism has been used on campuses, leading to restrictions on the freedom of speech of staff and students, the...

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🚨PALESTINIANS TAKE GERMAN LEADERS TO COURT!🚨 Palestinians file a criminal complaint against German government officials for enabling the genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza! Follow the live press conference (German) here!

Press Conference: Justice and Accountability for Palestine, PIPD,...

The Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative, PIPD (Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy) and ELSC (European Legal Support Center) invite you ...

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🚨 This is how the Berlin police normalises their most recent racist aggression against Palestinians and their allies in Germany! 1/6

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BREAKING🚨 @Farah_Maraqa is a Palestinian journalist based in Berlin. She has just been informed by its employer @DeutscheWelle of the termination of her contract, without any explanation. 1/4

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I just have been notified without further explanations that I will receive a notice of termination from Deutsche Welle with immediate effect. I have not yet been informed about the reasons, nor been handed out the report on which these allegations shall be based!

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1/5 We call upon civil society actors to support the Italian MP @lauraboldrini who is facing an illegitimate smear campaign! #StandWithThe6

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📣 VICTORY! 🛎️ Dr. Anna Younes who faced digital surveillance and censorship, finally got justice after 2 years! Berlin Court, Berlin Data Protection Authority and RIAS/MBR finally recognised Dr. Younes’ right to access her data. #EndSurveillance 1/6

German Court Rules in Favour of Scholar Dr. Anna Younes in Digital Surveillance Case

On 6 May 2022, the Berlin District Court upheld Dr. Younes’ claims and ordered VDK – the German state-funded organisation that legally represents RIAS Berlin and MBR – to give Anna Younes access to...

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Israel’s outlawing of 6 leading Palestinian civil society organisations is an obvious attempt at silencing criticism, evading accountability, and repressing human rights work #StandWithThe6

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📣TAKE Action against attempts to censor artist @Lowkey0nline If you stand for freedom of expression, sign the petition asking @Spotify to resist pressure from pro-Israel groups to deplatform Lowkey!👇🏽 1/4

Sign the Petition

Spotify: Do not buckle to pressure from the Israel lobby to deplatform Lowkey

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Major decisions by courts in Europe have reinforced the legitimacy of @BDSmovement , ruling against anti-BDS resolutions that obstruct Palestinian rights advocacy to #EndIsraeliApartheid and infringe upon freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Check case law below👇🏽 1/8

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🚨BREAKING After the approval of a resolution today, the Parliament of Catalonia is the first Parliament in Europe to recognise that Israel is committing the crime of #apartheid Read more👉🏽

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🧵 #YearInReview Our collective mobilisation this year & in the past 2 months particularly has been yet another testament to the power of solidarity. We are determined to move onward, fight alongside you and stand together more firmly and boldly in solidarity with Palestine.🇵🇸 /1

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📢BREAKING @DeutscheWelle based its decision to fire 5 journalists including @Farah_Maraqa on a blatantly biased investigation that erases the Palestinian narrative from public debate. It is extremely problematic for freedom of expression and freedom of the press. READ WHY 👇🏽 1/8

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🇩🇪Tomorrow, German activists will challenge in Court the German Bundestag over its anti-BDS motion silencing Palestinian rights advocates! Join the press conference online at 4pm with @BT3Pteam and also @PSCupdates @AFPSOfficiel and @SeanMac_R 👇

Berlin Administrative Court holds hearing for lawsuit of BT3P against German Bundestag

Since 2020, the ELSC has been supporting the BT3P team with lawyer Ahmed Abed to challenge the German Bundestag’s anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution that condemns the movement as...

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🤝Following that, many prominent activists, academics and writers decided to cancel their participation to the conference, among them, @mohammedhanif ,renowned Black US writer Ijeoma Oluo who claimed that“we must push back the rising pressure to de-platform Palestinian voices”.3/4

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. @ShahdAbusalama is a Palestinian PhD student and a lecturer at @sheffhallamuni . She is a resilient refugee and a survivor from Gaza who experienced the brutality of Israeli oppression. Her activism reflects her experience as an advocate for human rights and freedom for all. 1/6

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🚨 #Nakba75 : In another act of state repression, the Berlin police bans all events commemorating 75 years of ongoing Nakba, scheduled for the week of 13-20 May 2023. 🧵 1/10

ELSC Statement: No to the Nakba Demo Bans, End Germany’s Criminalisation of Palestinian Existence

In another act of state repression, the Berlin police banned all events commemorating 75 years of ongoing Nakba. Following the demonstration ban from 2022, the police disrupted a Palestinian cultural...

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📢 Are you part of a monitor initiative that has emerged to counter anti-Palestinian repression? Let's join forces! /1

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👏🏽A victory for freedom of expression! UK Minister fully withdraws false allegations against academic members of the @UKRI_News ’s newly established advisory board on equality, diversity and inclusion and pays damages! /1

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🔍We at the @elsclegal are continuously monitoring the accessibility of Palestinian voices in public discourse, unfortunately the case of @m7mdkurd is not a single event. @WAlqaisiya , Dr.Younes and many others Palestinians faced the same censorship. 4/4

European Legal Support Center

The ELSC defends and empowers advocates for Palestine in Europe through legal means

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✅This decision sets a positive precedent for the other journalists who were unfairly dismissed by @DeutscheWelle such as @Farah_Maraqa . Read more about the context👇🏽

'All the questions were about Israel': Inside Deutsche Welle's purge of Arab journalists

When DW fired seven Arab journalists over antisemitism, many took its decision at face value. But the investigation was riddled with political motives.

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🔴We signed this joint letter initiated by @hrw to urge the @UN not to endorse the IHRA definition of antisemitism and protect fundamental human rights.👇🏽

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UN: Protect Human Rights in Action on Antisemitism

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🔴After the disinvitation of @m7mdkurd last week, the curators of the event @varathas & Moshtari Hilal withdrew their participation and issued a strong statement 👇🏽 2/4

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🔴Let's keep exposing actors profiting from Israeli war crimes & complicit in the Israeli apartheid! The 3rd edition of the #DontBuyIntoOccupation report on European financial institutions' involvement in the illegal Israeli settlement project is out today

Don't Buy into Occupation Report 2023 - DBIO

Table Of Content Executive Summary & Recommendations Introduction Key Findings & Company Profiles The way forward ANNEX: Methodology ANNEX 2: Responses of Companies & Financial Institutions

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🚨Victory for BDS activists in Stuttgart!✌️🏽 The City of Stuttgart acknowledged the illegality of its decision to remove the details of Stuttgart Palestine Committee from its website. The City complied with the Stuttgart Administrative Court's decision & put back the details.👇🏽1/4

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⚠️The investigation report by @AhmadMansour__ & others published ahead of the termination was flawed. Maram S. called on @DeutscheWelle to publicly apologise and retract their false allegations. Her Lawyer @AhmedAbedNK said “DW must act now to end the defamation campaign”. 2/3

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🚨 @AcademyVienna likely to fuel more anti-Palestinian racism🚨 After disinviting @WAlqaisiya from an event, the Academy is now hosting a year-long course on “Conflicts about Antiantisemitism and Antiracism” using Walaa's disinvitation as a case-study. 1/6

New Course at Vienna Fine Arts Academy Signals Further Erasure of Palestinian Narrative

The ELSC expressly condemns the holding of a course that is likely to fuel insidious censorship of genuine anti-racist discourse.

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1/10 🚨The @elsclegal released today a report revealing a pattern of attempts to silence Palestinian rights advocates in the Netherlands. It monitored 76 incidents of suppression that happened between 2015 and 2020. Read more👇

Report reveals a pattern of attempts at silencing Palestinian rights advocates in the Netherlands

Today, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), an organisation that monitors incidents of repression against Palestinian rights advocates in Europe and provides them with legal support, published a...

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🚨WE #STANDWITHTHE6 Last night, the IOF stormed the offices of 6 prominent Palestinian CSOs outlawed by Israel last year. Soldiers destroyed and confiscated material, shut down doors and left behind military orders declaring the organisations unlawful and closed. 1/5

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🚨VICTORY FOR SALAH! After French local authorities banned a conference featuring Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, an administrative court gave reason to @amnestyfrance and @AFPSOfficiel who took the ban to court and overturned it. 1/2

La justice donne raison à Salah Hamouri dans ses démêlés avec le ministère de l’intérieur

Le tribunal administratif de Nancy a invalidé un arrêté de la préfecture de Meurthe-et-Moselle interdisant une conférence à laquelle l’avocat franco-palestinien devait participer.

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🇵🇸⚖️Since 7 October, we have recorded 390+ new cases of repression of Palestinian rights advocacy. That's as many as the number of cases we have supported since the ELSC was founded 5 years ago. We need your support now more than ever! JOIN US👉🏽 1/6

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🚨NEW CENSORSHIP CASE! @WAlqaisiya is a Palestinian scholar at @CaFoscari & @Colombia & @LSEMiddleEast . She was invited by @mumok_vienna , @akbild & Verein K to talk in an annual Curatorial program about her new book on gender, sexuality, and settler colonialism in Palestine. 1/5

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🇪🇺 In an unprecedented communication, the EU Commission Vice-President @Borrell has spoken out in defence of the controversial IHRA definition in an official response to a PQ, implying that calling Israel an apartheid state constitutes antisemitism.🧵 1/10

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🚨CASE UPDATE Dr Anna-E. Younes is challenging anti-Palestinian organisations RIAS Berlin and MBR @MobileBeratung at the Berlin District Court (Landgericht Berlin) today! /1

Anti-Palestinian Surveillance in Germany: New Hearing in the Case of Dr Anna Younes

GERMAN VERSION BELOW/DEUTSCHE ÜBERSETZUNG UNTEN Today 12 April 2024, Dr Anna-E. Younes is challenging anti-Palestinian organisations RIAS Berlin and MBR (Mobile Beratungsstelle gegen Rechts) in the...

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🕵 As part of our work at @elsclegal , we monitor and support European & Palestinian organisations facing attacks and incidents in EU and UK leading to 1) defunding by donors, 2) implementation of policies restricting funding and 3) de-risking by financial institutions. 1/15

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We ask the intervention of the UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression @IreneKhan , to monitor and protect the values of freedom and democracy. 4/4

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Do you advocate for Palestinian rights? Have you faced: ❌denial of space/public funding/online platform ❌closure of financial account ❌censorship ❌legal threats/lawsuits ❌unfounded allegations of antisemitism ➡️We can help. Report here:

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🚨 State unaccountability in the UK: a case update On 30/01/24, a High Court judge publicly “rebuked” the UK Home Secretary’s 'grave' & 'shockingly poor' conduct in handling the visa challenge of a Palestinian student. /1

El-Ashkar -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Claim Number: JR-2022-LON-002069 In The Upper TribunalImmigration and Asylum Chamber 30 January 2024 Before: Mrs Justice Steyn DBE Between: THE KINGon the application ofAmena El-Ashkar -v- Secretary...

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On the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, we reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people fighting for justice, liberation and return. 1/4

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‼️Time to act in solidarity with @BdsAustria activist who is being sued by @Stadt_Wien over posting online a poster referring to the widely recognised crime of #IsraeliApartheid . 👉🏽Sign the petition: 👇🏽Donate: #ViennaVisitApartheid

Help Advocates for Palestinian Rights Facing Unjust Lawsuit in Austria | European Legal Support...

A member of BDS Austria – a group of Palestinian rights advocates – is facing a lawsuit by the Municipality of Vienna that aims at silencing him and seriously threatens his fundamental right to...

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@PalestinSpricht and @JNahost are denouncing the limitation of basic human rights in Germany. An attitude limited for what concerns Palestine and the right to express solidarity 2/4

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👉Is Germany paying for the surveillance of Palestinians and their supporters? Read the full article by @daniaakkad on @MiddleEastEye about Dr.Younes case of censorship and surveillance. 1/3

Is Germany paying for the surveillance of Palestinians and their supporters?

German-Palestinian academic Anna-Esther Younes was disinvited from speaking publicly after a state-funded body spread a secret dossier about her. She may not be alone

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🚨BREAKING What we’ve been defending in the case of @Stadt_Wien v. @BDSAustria has now been endorsed by 4 UN Special Rapporteurs: anti-BDS resolution is a limitation of the freedom of opinion & expression, assembly & association. #ViennaVisitApartheid 1/7

Four UN Special Rapporteurs Address Their Concerns to Austrian Authorities About Anti-BDS Resolut...

UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, SR on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, SR...

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🚨Poet and activist @m7mdkurd has been disinvited by the @goetheinstitut from a discussion panel. 👉Another indication that German institutions are biased when it comes to Palestine. 🔴Anti-Palestinian racism is an widely observed phenomenon in the German context.

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This is the result of an affirmed strategy adopted in Germany. Basic human rights are at risk. The Berlin Police is silencing what International Courts, prominent NGOs, scholars, politicians have repeatedly expressed: Palestinian people live under an apartheid regime. 3/4

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🚨The lumbung community (curators, artistic team of documenta15 & participating artists) react to the harsh & baseless accusations they've been facing for months in a powerful statement. They denounce racism, eurocentrism, censorship & stand united.👇🏽 1/15

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These decisions come from local administrative courts, which means that other courts, in the same localities or elsewhere in Germany, may rule otherwise. Nevertheless, we are ready to go all the way to the highest court to challenge such outrageous restrictions on our rights! 2/5

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🚨With 1 million signatures by EU citizens, the #EU will have to examine its complicity with illegal settlements. #StopSettlements 🖊️Sign NOW to ban EU trade with illegal settlements worldwide

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✊🏽We are proud to support @ShahdAbusalama ’s legal fight against discrimination and the repression of academic freedom at UK university @sheffhallamuni ! WILL YOU ALSO SUPPORT SHAHD?👇🏽 #InSupportofShahd #NOIHRA 1/7

Support Shahd Abusalama’s anti-racist fightback!, organized by Shahd Abusalama

My name is Shahd Abusalama and I’m a third-generation Palestinian ref… Shahd Abusalama needs your support for Support Shahd Abusalama’s anti-racist fightback!

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We just launched our #website that aims to serve as a central platform for #Palestinian rights defenders in #Europe seeking to gain information, legal advice and support. You can contribute to our work through our Legal Aid Fund and by spreading the word!

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🚨It’s been 2 months that @BdsAustria has been waiting for a judgement on the unfair lawsuit @Stadt_Wien filed against them for publishing this picture on their social media. Time to reinforce the pressure! Write to @Stadt_Wien to stop repression👉🏽 1/6

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‼️Palestinian rights advocates need our solidarity. Austria has to protect their freedom of expression⚖️ 📣SIGN the petition of @elsclegal and @ECCPBrussels to push @Stadt_Wien to withdraw its complaint that aims to silence Palestinian rights advocates 2/6

Sign the Petition

Support Palestinian Rights Advocates in Austria Facing Unjust Lawsuit

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⚖People in Germany, if you want to know more about your rights when it comes to protests, the use of slogans, police violence, residency status etc. join us this Thursday! 📍Please register & post your most pressing questions in a tweet below or via DM.

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VICTORY!🎉 We helped @TheRightsForum win a case against 9 Dutch universities about an information request they submitted in 2022. The Court ruled that the universities had no legal grounds to reject such requests out of hand. Remember this case? 1/5

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🚨With @TheRightsForum we are suing 9 Dutch universities after their refusal to comply with an information request submitted on behalf of @DutchPalestine & student activists demanding transparency on the unis' human rights policy on Palestine and ties to pro-Israel orgs.🧵1/8

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📣Do you want to join a dedicated language justice team to support the Palestine solidarity movement? Please fill this form👉🏽 Legal knowledge is highly appreciated. Arabic, German, French, Dutch, Italian, English, Spanish are particularly needed.

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📌2 months ago Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau suspended institutional relations with Israel including the Twinning agreement with Tel Aviv. This historical decision came after a campaign from +100 org & a groundbreaking resolution from Barcelona Ombudsman. 1/11

Barcelona Ombudsman’s Office Recommends Revoking Ties with Tel Aviv: a Historical Precedent Leading...

In a ground-breaking resolution, Barcelona’s Ombudsman David Bondia recommended that the city breaks its Twinning Agreement with Tel Aviv over concerns about human rights violations committed by...

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🚨IMPORTANT🚨 UN Special Rapporteur on racism E. Tendayi Achiume, warns of the dangers of the “controversial” & “divisive” IHRA working definition of antisemitism. She said it has “an impact on the human rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including Jews.” 1/2

The Forward

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A United Nations advisor hired to analyze the rise in antisemitism globally called for member states to stop adopting a definition of the term favored by leading American Jewish organizations.

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Solidarity with @ShahdAbusalama against unfounded smear campaigns that deliberately target her due to her legitimate Palestinian rights activism! We call on Sheffield Hallam University @sheffhallamuni to reinstate her in her position of lecturer. #InSupportofShahd 1/3

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 @UKLFI member sets aside organisation's usual narrative purporting to combat antisemitism and provides testimony in support of teacher who posted antisemitic content online 1/6

A Member of UK Lawyers for Israel Provides “Expert Opinion” to Support a Teacher Sanctioned for...

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) member, Lesley Klaff, provided “expert witness testimony” in support of a pro-Israel teacher accused of posting antisemitic material. Her testimony contradicts UKLFI’s...

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Although we are on the right side of history & justice, as were the judges in these two specific cases, state repression is still present & every day we are challenging the blurred boundary between the “legal” & the “illegal” that the 🇩🇪authorities are trying to impose on us. 3/5

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We are thrilled with @Shahdabusalama ’s victory against unfounded smears! This is symbolic of the impact that the solidarity movement with Palestine is having. Our power lies within collective action for Palestinian rights advocates. #InSupportofShahd 1/3

Dr. Abusalama

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We're celebrating a fantastic victory for Palestine today 🇵🇸🎉 @sheffhallamuni will not be progressing with any further investigation of the malicious smears that have been levelled against me. 1/3 #FreePalestine #InSupportOfShahd

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🇩🇪The attack on #documenta15 exhibition reached another level yesterday, with Nazi iconography used to purport unfounded and outrageous allegations of antisemitism against the curators of the world's largest contemporary art exhibition.👇🏽 Solidarity with #ruangrupa 1/3

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selbstentlarvend wenn ein „Künstler“ für diese creepy mélange aus anti-palästinensischem Ressentiment, blanken Lügen im Namen von queers und toxischem Phantasmo-Philo-Semitismus keine andere Sprache findet als 1:1 vulgärste Nazi-Propaganda. Solidarität mit #ruangrupa #documenta15

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In a victory for the legitimacy of the @BDSmovement in Germany, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has indeed ruled against Munich’s anti-BDS policy on 20 January. This follows other precedents rejecting anti-BDS resolutions in Germany. 2/6 👇🏽

More and more German courts confirm the right to BDS

On January 20, Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig confirmed that the City of Munich had violated the right to freedom of expression by denying the use of its conference hall solely...

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⚖️As defenders of campaigners for international justice, we oppose the proposed introduction of new laws in the UK that would affect UK citizens’ ability to hold corporations or countries to account. 👉🏽Read more at #RightToBoycott

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NEW: #StopSettlements campaign is a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) demanding the EU ban trade with illegal settlements worldwide. With 1 million signatures by EU citizens, the EU will have to examine its complicity with illegal settlements. Sign NOW:

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@BdsAustria is committed to justice, freedom and an end to Israeli apartheid in Palestine. The crime of apartheid in Palestine is well documented by prominent organisations including @hrw and @BTselem @alhaq_org @AlMezanCenter . #ViennaVisitApartheid 3/6

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Kids in UK schools are being sanctioned for talking about #Palestine . If you witnessed that, you can report to @ilyas_nagdee by email, see the back of his thread below⬇️

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Would you like to learn more about our work to support Palestinian rights advocacy? Read our newly released 2020 Year-In-Review!

2020 Year-in-Review

Our 2020 Year-in-Review provides an overview our work, achievements and cases in the defence of Palestinian rights advocacy in Europe in 2020.

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🚨Today, journalist @Farah_Maraqa is challenging her unfair termination by German media @DeutscheWelle in court. Many people are attending the hearing in solidarity. 1/2

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Racism update in 🇩🇪 Students & former students told their stories of being discriminated in German schools for being Palestinian @hebh_jamal : interruptions, censorship, denial of their experience and identity, reprimands for wearing keffiyehs and more. 1/5

How Palestine became a ‘forbidden word’ in German high schools

From textbooks to trips, Germany's education system is aggressively pushing a pro-Israel narrative hostile to any Palestinian dissent in the classroom.

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🔔It presents documented case-based evidence of infringements of individuals’ & groups’ fundamental rights through the IHRA WDA, used widely by the EU and the UK. The report critically assesses a pattern of repression based on 53 incidents summarised in 26 case studies. 2/11

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