Stop the Deportation, from Germany, of Two Irish Citizens for Palestine Solidarity

Roberta Murray and  Shane O’Brien are Irish activists facing deportation from Germany, ordered to leave by April 21, 2025. Two other activists, Cooper Longbottom (US) and Kasia Wlaszczyk (EU) have also been issued orders.

For the sole reason of protesting Germany’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine, Berlin’s Senate Administration has ordered their expulsion, arbitrarily accusing them of "antisemitism" and supporting "terrorist organisations". 

Lawyers for their case are trying to secure court injunctions in an attempt to stop the orders. They have appealed the deportation orders on the grounds that they undermine civil liberties for EU citizens living in Germany, as neither have been convicted of any criminal offences in the German courts.

Their lawyer, Alexander Gorski, said the allegations were “unfounded”. 
Owing to the lack of criminal conviction, under EU law, this is a “removal of the right to free movement”, despite EU citizens being allowed to move freely between EU member states. This is an unprecedented escalation with dire implications. These escalations should alarm movements confronting state violence everywhere.

This is not the first instance of Germany weaponising migration law. 
Arbitrary arrests made at protests, combined with false charges, are used as pretexts to justify extrajudicial deportation measures, circumventing any notion of independent judicial process and the rule of law.

We stand in solidarity with all those—in Ireland, in Germany and globally—facing persecution for their support for the Palestinian people.

From Gaza to Berlin, the struggle continues. No deportation will stop us.