ELSC launches first available database on anti-Palestinian repression in Germany On Tuesday 13th May
Our database will reveal scope and patterns of anti-Palestinian repression
On Tuesday 13th May the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) will publish the first available database on anti-Palestinian repression in Germany, to be followed by other countries across Europe
As European governments continue to provide moral, financial and military support to Israel’s ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza, they have simultaneously ramped up efforts to repress solidarity and silence dissent within their countries. It is this practice of silencing and criminalising, and the various tools deployed in its pursuit that we seek to expose through this database.
From censorship and surveillance; demonstration bans and arrest; disciplinary actions and workplace suspensions; financial repercussions and banking restrictions; repressive legislation like anti-BDS motions; harassment and intimidation, to threats to citizenship and immigration status – we have collected 766 incidents of anti-Palestinian repression in Germany alone, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. The data has been visualized by our partner organization Forensic Architecture and will be accessible online on the launch day.
We reveal both: scope and patterns of anti-Palestinian repression, providing journalists, activists and researchers with open and free access to reliable, verifiable information and robust evidence.
