RE: https://climatejustice.social/@mago/116295437301267047

Hüseyin Dogru is a German journalist with Turkish-Kurdish roots who has been writing critically about Israel and the genocide in Palestine. He also founded a socialist, anti-fascist news outlet.

Since May 2025 he is sanctioned by the EU like a Russian spy would be. This means all his bank accounts are frozen and he is forbidden from traveling within or into the EU.

He, together with his wife and three kids now face homelessness because he cannot pay his rent or any bills. All transactions he tries to make are simply rejected by his bank, a subsidiary of Commerzbank.

The court in Frankfurt now confirmed his sanctions: The journalist has no rights whatsoever to fight this in any way.

EU says with his reporting about the genocide in Palestine, he would be sowing "ethnic, political and religious disharmony" and supporting Russian destabilization. The EU sanctioned him without even listening to his side or giving him the chance at a fair trial.

All the while,

- German "family minister" Karin Prien is defunding all NGOs who fight for democracy.
- German "culture minister" Wolfram Weimer (who founded the far-right outlet Cicero and was head of disgusting outlet "Die Welt", part of Axel Springer Press) is coming after left-leaning book stores and portraying them as extremist.
- German "minister of the interior" Alexander Dobrindt shakes hands with Netanyahu, buys Israeli tech to suppress the German population, sends police to raid homes of leftists for alleged terrorist attacks, and wants to send refugees to prison camps outside the EU.

In a recent poll, 42% of all Germans under 18 years old said they would like to emigrate and leave Germany. There is no hope here for young Germans. Government is re-introducing military conscriptions. Young Germans will be sent to die in war while all their rights are removed at home.

And still, when I say "most genocide deniers on Mastodon are German", German morons jump into my mentions either asking "source?" or denying it "that can't be true, denying genocide in Germany is illegal. Government would come after them if they denied genocide."

#Germany #Israel #fascism