A protester holds a Palestinian flag under the watchful eyes of police monitoring a pro-Palestinian gathering in Berlin during the Gaza war. (Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/ AFP archive photo)
“We are four activists — three European nationals and one American — facing deportation from Germany.” With this sentence, Indymedia, an independent and anti-globalization media outlet, began its statement on its website on April 2.The letter is signed by Irish nationals Shane O’Brien and Roberta Murray, Polish national Kasia Wlaszczyk and U.S. national Cooper Longbottom. The four of themwere ordered to leave Germany by April 21 or face deportation. Their residency permits have been revoked by the Berlin authorities.In their joint statement, they said they were “arbitrarily” accused of “anti-Semitism” and supporting “terrorist organizations (...) for the sole reason of having protested against Germany’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine” during demonstrations in Berlin.So far, none of them have been convicted. Charged for...
“We are four activists — three European nationals and one American — facing deportation from Germany.” With this sentence, Indymedia, an independent and anti-globalization media outlet, began its statement on its website on April 2.The letter is signed by Irish nationals Shane O’Brien and Roberta Murray, Polish national Kasia Wlaszczyk and U.S. national Cooper Longbottom. The four of themwere ordered to leave Germany by April 21 or face deportation. Their residency permits have been revoked by the Berlin authorities.In their joint statement, they said they were “arbitrarily” accused of “anti-Semitism” and supporting “terrorist organizations (...) for the sole reason of having protested against Germany’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine” during demonstrations in Berlin.So far, none of them have been...