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Prof Ghassan Abu-Sitta says Schengen-wide ban imposed by Germany appears to be attempt to silence witness testimony

Archived version: https://archive.ph/xMYnQ

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[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I feel obliged to point out that, Brexit didn't happen, then his rights as an EU citizen would have been violated. As far as I know, you can't use the Schengen system against EU citizens.

But because he was British and Brexit happened, Germany could do this.

But I do wonder.. if the French government would formally invite him, they should be able to overrule the German decision. It seems that they decided not to do that?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago

He was invited by the Green Party, not by the senate as a whole. It's likely the rest of them didn't care.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago

You literally cannot deny entry to citizens its internationally illegal