Glasgow University rector speaks out on being detained in Germany

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THE rector of Glasgow University has spoken out about how he was denied entry into Germany to give a witness statement working in hospitals in Gaza…

THE rector of Glasgow University has spoken out about how he was denied entry into Germany to give a witness statement working in hospitals in Gaza.Dr Abu-Sittah is a world-leading expert on children and war-injured patients.

“At the end of three and a half hours, I was told that I will not be allowed to enter German soil, and that this ban will last the whole of April. And not just that. It was reported by PA that the police pulled the plug on the event after a person who is banned from political activity in Germany appeared on a livestream.

“And this crackdown on free speech is a dangerous precedent because what is happening in Gaza is a dangerous precedent.

 

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