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🇵🇸Ali Abunimah, speaks to Hüseyin #Dogru on how #EU #sanctions over his reporting on #Palestine effectively froze his assets and put his family under pressure.
Read the accompanying article at The Electronic Intifada: "EU sanctions German #journalist in shocking first over #Gaza reporting
Dogru is a journalist, a German citizen living in Berlin.After reading his post, I sent him a private message offering to order groceries and have them sent to his home.
The reply shocked me even more. “Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to accept any financial or material support,” Dogru wrote.
Dogru is the first European Union citizen known to be living inside the EU to face extrajudicial sanctions imposed by Brussels – robbing him of fundamental civil and humanitarian rights.
He’s also the first person to be sanctioned specifically for his reporting related to Palestine.
“I’m not allowed to exist anymore, I’m not allowed to provide my children with the basic necessities,”
Read the accompanying article at The Electronic Intifada: "EU sanctions German #journalist in shocking first over #Gaza reporting
Dogru is a journalist, a German citizen living in Berlin.After reading his post, I sent him a private message offering to order groceries and have them sent to his home.
The reply shocked me even more. “Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to accept any financial or material support,” Dogru wrote.
Dogru is the first European Union citizen known to be living inside the EU to face extrajudicial sanctions imposed by Brussels – robbing him of fundamental civil and humanitarian rights.
He’s also the first person to be sanctioned specifically for his reporting related to Palestine.
“I’m not allowed to exist anymore, I’m not allowed to provide my children with the basic necessities,”