Activists have not been convicted of criminal offenses. According to police, four people are involved, inter alia, in attempting to occupy the free University of Berlin (Fu Berlin). For this reason, the authorities of the German capital intend to deport the country two Irish, one Polish and an American. All four received mid -March alerts from the Berlin Migration Service, which terminates their stay in Germany. The case was first mentioned by the US news portal The Intercept.

On October 17, a group of hoodlums of violence invaded a university building. Photos in X, which, it is argued, were taken in the free university buildings after the attempted occupation, show, for example, on the walls slogans such as “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “free gaza”, but also red triangles used in propaganda. It should be noted that the German Federal Ministry of the Interior characterizes the red triangle forbidden symbol.

Deprivation of free traffic right

In order to deport the three EU citizens, their competent authorities deprived them of the right to freely circulate persons within the EU and therefore in Germany.

This was confirmed by DW by Alexander Gorski, a lawyer of two of the four activists. “These orders were issued because there are various criminal charges against our customers. However, there are no criminal convictions. ” As the lawyer states, he has not yet accessed the case files.

The actions of the German authorities are criticized by Amnesty International. The Human Rights organization argues that German politicians perceive the slogan “from the river to the sea” as a slogan in favor of the destruction of Israel, while the courts have repeatedly ruled that it could be a peaceful expression of solidarity and claims.

‘Blatant and illegal’ deportations

The Free University of Berlin characterizes the attempt at October 17th “violent attack”. With her intervention, the German police finished the attempt to occupy and arrested four people. They were charged with crimes, such as disturbance of common peace.

Lawyer Alexander Gorski believes that deportations are “blatant and illegal behavior” and estimates that the court will reject them. In his opinion, immigrant law, in this case, is “used as a means of suppressing social movements, and in particular the Philop -Palestinian movement”.

For the German lawyer there are parallels with the US, in which authorities are removing visas from foreign students allegedly involved in philosopher activities. Of particular interest was the case internationally the case of a doctoral student, who was arrested on the occasion of an article in a student newspaper near Boston.

Curated by: Stefanos Georgakopoulos