The Palestine Congress in Berlin was supposed to be a three-day major event where grassroots activists and leading figures advocating for justice for Palestine - From Ghassan Abu Sitta, to Yanis Varoufakis and Noura Erekat - would come together in a defiant show of force. But instead, hundreds of police officers were deployed to shut it down on the first day.
To date, the organisers say neither the police nor the state prosecutor communicated with them officially to confirm the legal grounds for banning the congress.
The day after the event was cancelled, the Palestine Congress called for a demonstration to protest the ban. The impromptu invitation was RSVPed by at least 2,000 individuals.
