GERMAN AUTHORITY HOLDS RIAS AND MBR ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING ANNA YOUNES\u2019 DATA RIGHTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe Berlin Data Protection Authority (DPA) held German organisations RIAS Berlin and MBR accountable for violating the rights of German Palestinian scholar Dr. Anna-Esther Younes. The two organisations had previously circulated a secret dossier<\/a> which led to her disinvitation from a public event.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTwo years after Dr. Anna Younes filed a complaint to the DPA with our support, the DPA finally found that RIAS\/MBR violated European data protection law (GDPR) in refusing to give Dr. Younes access to the data they hold on her. The DPA recognised Dr. Younes\u2019 basic data rights as a European citizen, which comes after another previous success<\/a> where the civil court affirmed the right of Dr.Younes to have access to her data.<\/p>\n\n\n\nREAD MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nShare this new victory on social media: Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cms.elsc.support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Victory-Berlin-June-22-cc-ELSC-anonym-1024x529.jpeg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBut this is not over yet! RIAS\/MBR previously acknowledged that the purpose of the dossier was to identify Dr. Younes\u2019 positions on Israel and BDS. They secretly sent this dossier to a third party to get her disinvited.\u202fHowever, the DPA considered that this was lawful and that RIAS\/MBR pursued a legitimate purpose in collecting and transmitting information about Dr. Younes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will appeal this decision. Do you want to help us?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nDONATE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nRead more in the last media articles published about the case:
– See an update by Dania Akkad in Middle East Eye<\/a>
– this piece by Hebh Jamal<\/a> in +972 Magazine
– a piece in German by Nidal Thawri in Marx21<\/a>
– an oped by Abir Kopty<\/a> in Middle East Eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nEU RESUMES FUNDING TO TWO PALESTINIAN NGOS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAfter Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq started legal proceedings against the European Commission for suspending its funding in May 2021 based on an Israeli disinformation campaign, the EU recognised there were no grounds to do so and resumed its funding to Al Haq on 28 June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Al-Haq\u2019s statement<\/a> and share the good news on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe EU also resumed unconditionally and with immediate effect its funding to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), which had faced the same suspension as Al-Haq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nMOHAMMED EL KURD V. GOETHE INSTITUTE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe prominent Palestinian activist and poet Mohammed El Kurd faced an <\/strong>attempt of censorship<\/strong><\/a> at a conference organised by the Goethe Institute in Hamburg about right-wing extremism and authoritarian regimes\u2019 tactics, where he was invited to speak. Few days before the start of the conference, the institution revoked the invitation, raising social media posts criticizing Israel that they \u201cdid not find acceptable\u201d. In solidarity with El Kurd, the curators of the conference Moshtari Hilal and Sinthujan Varatharajah withdrew their participation and denounced<\/a> the climate of anti-Palestinian racism in German institutions. Thanks to this push back, many other participants of the event withdrew, which led to the entire program being scaled down.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSHARE ON TWITTER<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSHARE ON INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nOTHER CASE UPDATES IN GERMANY<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWe also celebrate a victory in Stuttgart<\/strong> this month, as the City of Stuttgart decided it will not appeal the decision issued by the Stuttgart Administrative Court on 21 April 2022 in favour of the Stuttgart Palestine Committee. The Court had upheld the Committee\u2019s complaint against the City\u2019s decision to remove their access and details from the Municipality\u2019s website.
This incident had happened following a smear campaign launched by the Jerusalem Post against the Committee because of its support to the Palestinian-led BDS movement. The City of Stuttgart had justified its decision citing the Bundestag\u2019s anti-BDS resolution, while the Court had recalled that the BDS movement is protected by freedom of expression and that the Bundestag\u2019s resolution is not binding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nREAD MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBut this time, the City acknowledged the illegality of their decision. One of their spokespersons said<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\nfor purely legal reasons, we have decided not to appeal against it. Based on the current jurisprudence, as it has been elsewhere, we estimate the chances of being successful with an appeal to be very low. That is why we have put the address of the Palestine Committee back on the municipal homepage<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nShare this victory on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Two years after Dr. Anna Younes filed a complaint to the DPA with our support, the DPA finally found that RIAS\/MBR violated European data protection law (GDPR) in refusing to give Dr. Younes access to the data they hold on her. The DPA recognised Dr. Younes\u2019 basic data rights as a European citizen, which comes after another previous success<\/a> where the civil court affirmed the right of Dr.Younes to have access to her data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Share this new victory on social media: Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n But this is not over yet! RIAS\/MBR previously acknowledged that the purpose of the dossier was to identify Dr. Younes\u2019 positions on Israel and BDS. They secretly sent this dossier to a third party to get her disinvited.\u202fHowever, the DPA considered that this was lawful and that RIAS\/MBR pursued a legitimate purpose in collecting and transmitting information about Dr. Younes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more in the last media articles published about the case: After Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq started legal proceedings against the European Commission for suspending its funding in May 2021 based on an Israeli disinformation campaign, the EU recognised there were no grounds to do so and resumed its funding to Al Haq on 28 June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Al-Haq\u2019s statement<\/a> and share the good news on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The EU also resumed unconditionally and with immediate effect its funding to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), which had faced the same suspension as Al-Haq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prominent Palestinian activist and poet Mohammed El Kurd faced an <\/strong>attempt of censorship<\/strong><\/a> at a conference organised by the Goethe Institute in Hamburg about right-wing extremism and authoritarian regimes\u2019 tactics, where he was invited to speak. Few days before the start of the conference, the institution revoked the invitation, raising social media posts criticizing Israel that they \u201cdid not find acceptable\u201d. In solidarity with El Kurd, the curators of the conference Moshtari Hilal and Sinthujan Varatharajah withdrew their participation and denounced<\/a> the climate of anti-Palestinian racism in German institutions. Thanks to this push back, many other participants of the event withdrew, which led to the entire program being scaled down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also celebrate a victory in Stuttgart<\/strong> this month, as the City of Stuttgart decided it will not appeal the decision issued by the Stuttgart Administrative Court on 21 April 2022 in favour of the Stuttgart Palestine Committee. The Court had upheld the Committee\u2019s complaint against the City\u2019s decision to remove their access and details from the Municipality\u2019s website. But this time, the City acknowledged the illegality of their decision. One of their spokespersons said<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n for purely legal reasons, we have decided not to appeal against it. Based on the current jurisprudence, as it has been elsewhere, we estimate the chances of being successful with an appeal to be very low. That is why we have put the address of the Palestine Committee back on the municipal homepage<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nREAD MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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– See an update by Dania Akkad in Middle East Eye<\/a>
– this piece by Hebh Jamal<\/a> in +972 Magazine
– a piece in German by Nidal Thawri in Marx21<\/a>
– an oped by Abir Kopty<\/a> in Middle East Eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nEU RESUMES FUNDING TO TWO PALESTINIAN NGOS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nMOHAMMED EL KURD V. GOETHE INSTITUTE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nOTHER CASE UPDATES IN GERMANY<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This incident had happened following a smear campaign launched by the Jerusalem Post against the Committee because of its support to the Palestinian-led BDS movement. The City of Stuttgart had justified its decision citing the Bundestag\u2019s anti-BDS resolution, while the Court had recalled that the BDS movement is protected by freedom of expression and that the Bundestag\u2019s resolution is not binding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nREAD MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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