Demonstration - Criminal charges after pro-Palestinian demonstration
After a pro-Palestinian demonstration with around 2000 people in Mitte, the police filed 13 criminal charges at the weekend. The charges included offences such as incitement to hatred, public incitement to commit crimes and displaying signs of unconstitutional organizations, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. 31 people were briefly detained during the demonstration, for example to take their personal details.
The demonstration entitled "Stop the genocide in Gaza" marched through Wedding, Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte on Saturday afternoon. Initially, only around 350 people started the march, but it became more crowded along the way and had around 2000 participants at its peak, according to the police spokesperson.
There had been isolated criminal statements made verbally or on posters. In addition, illegal songs were played on a loudspeaker van. The float was therefore excluded from the march.
According to the police, a second demonstration entitled "Solidarity with Palestine" from Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg to Puschkinallee went off without incident. There, the police estimated the number of participants at 430. The organizers of the march had registered 3,000 people.
The background to the demonstrations is the Gaza war. Since the bloody attack on Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas on 7 October and the Israeli counter-offensive, there have been repeated expressions of solidarity with one side or the other of the conflict in Berlin.
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- The criminal charges filed by the police following the pro-Palestinian demonstration in Mitte on Saturday, involve allegations against individuals who displayed signs of unconstitutional organizations in Gaza Strip, as stated in the ongoing Jerusalem-Gaza conflicts.
- The pro-Palestinian demonstration titled "Stop the genocide in Gaza" in Berlin on Saturday, was part of a series of demonstrations showing solidarity with the Palestinian territories, amidst the ongoing conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Strip.
- The police spokesperson mentioned that a criminal complaint was filed against individuals who made verbal or written criminal statements, supporting Hamas during the Gaza war demonstrations in Berlin on the weekend.
- The demonstration entitled "Solidarity with Palestine" in Kreuzberg on Sunday, had around 430 participants, according to the police, in contrast to the estimated 3,000 people registered by the organizers, who supported Palestinians against the Israeli counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip.
- The peaceful demonstrations recently held in Berlin, including the one titled "Stop the genocide in Gaza," were sparked by the bloody attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent Israeli counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip.
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflicts continue to impact the lives of people in both regions and result in ongoing demonstrations, as shown by the pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin, which led to criminal charges and brief detentions by the police in the Gaza Strip-related demonstrations.
Source: www.stern.de
