The Criminalisation of Palestine Solidarity in Austria 

28.11.2025
Gusshausstraße 14/3, 1040 Vienna  
18:00: sweets and coffee (donations to cover legal fees are welcome) 
18:30: start of the event  

Across Europe, taking a stance and engaging in actions in solidarity with Palestine/Palestinians are met with intimidation, suppression, surveillance and criminalisation. This trend has also intensified in Austria, where the authorities use security laws, police interventions, and public narratives to silence dissent and portray solidarity as a threat to society. How can we fight back and at the same time keep the Palestinian political cause at the centre? What are the possibilities and constraints of relying on legal frameworks as a tool to resist this form of repression? What forms of collective organising and action are needed? 

The event will introduce the work of the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) before delving into the (dis)continuities of repression of Palestine solidarity in Austria. 

Together, we will explore strategies of collective defence and transnational solidarity in the face of Zionist settler colonialism in Palestine. 

Panelists:  
Andrea Chiara Bauco (ELSC legal advisor) 
Marawan Mansur (lawyer) 
Arab Palestine Club 
BDS Austria 
Dar Al Janub 

Moderation: 
Dunia Khalil (legal advisor, focus on anti-Muslim racism in Austria)