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New Publication: ELSC releases Frequently Asked Questions Guide on Anti-Palestinian Surveillance by the German Domestic Secret Service Verfassungsschutz
***DEUTSCHE VERSION UNTEN*** As part of our ongoing campaign to defend Palestine solidarity groups against repression and surveillance carried out by the German Domestic Secret Service Verfassungsschutz, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has issued a Frequently Asked Questions information guide Are you the extremist?. Our information guide designed to raise public awareness of how…Pregnant woman assaulted by Dutch police in asylum seekers centre files criminal complaint
Arabic and Dutch follow AMSTERDAM, 15 JULY 2026 – Malak, who was in her final weeks of pregnancy when she was assaulted by multiple police officers in an asylum seekers centre (azc) in the Netherlands, has filed a criminal complaint against the police officers involved. The complaint addresses attempted grievous bodily harm, assault, and breach…Bea Foster v UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Landmark legal case seeks to challenge UK government’s use of IHRA definition of antisemitism to suppress Palestine advocacy On 9th July 2026, the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) issued a landmark human rights claim against the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in the County Court under the Human Rights Act 1998,…Legal Victory: German Domestic Intelligence Service ends surveillance of BDS Berlin after ELSC’s legal intervention
The German Domestic Intelligence Service Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) has ended its surveillance and listing of the Palestine solidarity group BDS Berlin after ELSC’s legal pressure. In pre-trial proceedings, the Verfassungsschutz has yielded to the legal action initiated by The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) through partner…Online Info-Event: Taking Verfassungsschutz to Court
*** Deutsche Version unten*** Online Info-event: Taking Verfassungsschutz to court – Legal action against anti-Palestinian repression by the German domestic intelligence service With Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin, Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and lawyer Ammar Bustami Tuesday, 23 June, 6PM Berlin, 5PM London, 12PM New York, 7PM Jerusalem, online. (Languages:…ELSC & PILC File Legal Complaint Against UK Lawyers For Israel Patrons
Senior barristers Lord David Pannick KC, Lord Anthony Grabiner KC, and Stephen Hockman KC named in BSB complaint over alleged misuse of professional status in UKLFI campaign targeting Palestine solidarity organisations and individuals LONDON — 21 May 2026 — The European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) have submitted a…Oxford Union: Stop the Censorship. Restore susan abulhawa’s Full Speech
In November 2024, Palestinian author susan abulhawa spoke at the Oxford Union about Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Her speech was watched online by over 250,000 people. The Oxford Union later took it down and reuploaded an edited version, cutting nearly two minutes without her consent and in breach of their own agreement. susan had accepted the invitation on the written condition that her speech would not be edited, the Oxford Union breached that agreement and undermined the rights of a Palestinian speaker to have her words preserved and shared in full.ELSC is taking legal action against German Domestic Intelligence Services for surveilling Palestine solidarity groups
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is representing three Palestine Solidarity groups in Germany taking legal action to challenge the German Domestic Intelligence Service (Verfassungsschutz)’s surveillance.The groups, Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin and Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East – EJJP Germany e. V. (Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost), aim to push back against an escalating effort to intimidate and repress Palestine solidarity by German intelligence services.Coalition Challenges Prosecutor’s Prolonged Failure to Act on Booking.com Complaint Before Dutch Court of Appeal
On 9 April 2026, a coalition of Palestinian and Dutch organisations filed a complaint with the Dutch Court of Appeal over the Prosecutor’s prolonged failure to act on a criminal case against Booking.com. The case concerns alleged profits derived from listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. After more than two years of inaction, the coalition is calling for judicial review and accountability.
