{"id":259690,"date":"2024-04-15T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=259690"},"modified":"2024-04-15T02:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:28:59","slug":"germany-bans-yanis-varoufakis-from-entering-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/04\/germany-bans-yanis-varoufakis-from-entering-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Bans Yanis Varoufakis from Entering the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-259691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Yanis-varoufaks.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>13 Apr 2024<\/em> &#8211; The German Ministry of the Interior has issued a ban against DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis after the police shut down the Palestine Congress that was set to take place in Berlin from April 12 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>This entails not only a ban on entry into Germany, but even a ban on any form of online participation and activity at political events in the country, with the German government going beyond the bounds of authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Yanis\u2019 Palestine Congress speech the \u2018reason\u2019 for the ban<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The ban comes after Varoufakis was scheduled to give a speech at the Palestine Congress in Berlin on Friday, ultimately calling for universal human rights in both Israel and Palestine, only for the German police to burst into the venue to disband the event.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this, Varoufakis published <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/diem25.org\/yanis-varoufakis-palestine-congress-speech-that-was-banned-by-german-police\/\" >his speech in full<\/a> on X, to which the German government decided to crack down on the MERA25 founder in a truly shocking manner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1713056287109882336=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yanis Varoufakis BANNED by Germany\u2019s Interior Ministry from carrying out any political activity in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re so desperate to silence anyone who dares speak out against Germany\u2019s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>But DiEM25 and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mera25_de?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@mera25_de<\/a> will never be silenced! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vr6b1OGPqX\" >pic.twitter.com\/vr6b1OGPqX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiEM25 (@DiEM_25) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiEM_25\/status\/1779162264903254321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internal.diem25.org\/en\/users\/sign_up?refer=article50742\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"joinus\" src=\"https:\/\/diem25.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/join-en.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The other two people for whom a similar ban has been issued are the academic <strong>Salman Abu Sitta<\/strong>, and the surgeon and rector of the University of Glasgow, Ghassan Abu Sittah, who was arrested and subjected to a three-hour interrogation at Berlin airport.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were also due to participate in the Palestine Congress organised by Jewish Voice for Peace and MERA25 Germany, with the demand for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza at the heart of the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of true democracy in Europe is becoming more and more evident as the weeks unfold, particularly since Israel\u2019s latest siege on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, in theory, should know better than any nation the potential dangers that this kind of attitude entails. It is time for democratic citizens to take a stand against a Europe that is sinking back into darkness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany did not just stop the Rector of the University of Glasgow Dr <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhassanAbuSitt1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@GhassanAbuSitt1<\/a> from entering Germany, to participate in our Palestine Congress, but threatened him with legal action if he dared send his intended speech by video. Question to German friends: In your name? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0Xk02ppVq\" >pic.twitter.com\/d0Xk02ppVq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yanisvaroufakis\/status\/1779087659526213669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is the Palestine Congress?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The conference was a joint initiative between the Berlin-based organisation\u00a0J\u00fcdische Stimme f\u00fcr Gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East)\u00a0and DiEM25, and the necessary funding had been successfully secured through donations to ensure that the\u00a0Palestine Congress\u00a0could move forward.\u00a0Karin de Rigo, MERA25\u2019s top candidate for the European Elections in\u00a0Germany, was set to moderate a panel discussion with Varoufakis\u00a0and deliver the closing intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand in solidarity with all those seeking justice and are committed to the principles of democracy and human rights. This Congress represents a significant moment for those of us advocating for Palestinian rights, offering a platform for solidarity against repression and a pathway to engage the German government on issues of accountability. Joining forces with other organisations at the Palestine Congress, we aim to contribute to the global dialogue on justice for Palestine.\u00a0 We\u2019re committed to calling out and confronting Germany\u2019s involvement in the atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/diem25.org\/germany-bans-yanis-varoufakis-from-entering-the-country\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; diem25.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 Apr 2024 &#8211; The German Ministry of the Interior has issued a ban against DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis including online participation at political events in the country after the police shut down the Palestine Congress to take place from April 12 to 14 in Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":259691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1883,87,865,739,85,2086],"class_list":["post-259690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-diem25","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-germany","tag-palestine-israel","tag-yanis-varoufakis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259692,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259690\/revisions\/259692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}