Germany: More Violence Against Palestine Protesters

A Gaza solidarity protest in Berlin was set upon by German police this weekend, with videos emerging of a female demonstrator being tackled to the floor, another seemingly showing a minor being punched on the floor and also a woman being choked. Activists in Germany are continuing to protest regularly despite aggression from the German state, with Germany’s Arab, Turkish and Jewish communities all turning out for the march through the capital city.

“We are concerned by videos and reports of excessive use of force by police against protestors at a Palestine solidarity demonstration in Berlin on Saturday,” the rights group said in a statement on X, and demanded independent investigations into the police officers involved.

More than two dozen protesters were arrested on Saturday during a brutal police intervention, in the latest example of Germany’s aggressive crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices in the country.

In videos posted on social media, police officers were seen throwing peaceful protesters to the ground, repeatedly beating protesters they had pinned on the ground, and punching them in the head or the face.

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