A journalist was followed and subjected to a “brutal attack” after a pro-Palestinian protest featured climate change deity Greta Thunberg, a report says.
Greta Thunberg made a surprise appearance at a pro-Palestinian protest in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday. Support Palestine and criticize Israel, another demonstration that the already veteran child climate activist is speaking out on other left-wing issues. However, the demonstration made headlines for acts of violence, with journalists covering the event being attacked.
according to statement According to local TV station Sachsen-Fernsegen, which commissioned a freelance video journalist to cover the event, the reporter and his assistant were subjected to “severe harassment by the anti-Israel demonstration panel and demonstrators” and attempted to leave after the event ended. However, it is said that he was followed. The pair were chased to a tram stop where they were “first verbally attacked by three demonstrators, including a steward, and then brutally beaten.”
The assault continued even after the journalist had already fallen to the ground, and the assailants kicked him, the statement said. The two were hospitalized with head injuries as a result of the attack. The assailants were said to have “Palestinian scarves wrapped around their necks, with black, white and green flags visible,” and although they responded by the time police arrived, the attackers were already dead. He was on the run.
“We cannot remain silent. No one can remain silent when genocide is underway and the most basic human needs are being denied… It is human to stand with Palestine.” That’s it.”
Greta Thunberg called out Israel's genocide during a speech in Leipzig, Germany. pic.twitter.com/dRR9CXO6UR
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 24, 2024
Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made. The TV station's director issued a statement about the attack, saying: “We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms…Violence against journalists is absolutely unacceptable and threatens the fundamental values of freedom of the press. ” he said. We wish the reporter and his companion a speedy recovery from their injuries. ” Media unions also condemned the attack.
german newspaper die welt report A recording of Thunberg's pro-Gaza speech in Leipzig to an audience of “dozens” has been released. She reportedly said that no one can remain silent “when genocide is underway and people are being deprived of their most basic human needs.”
Thunberg's work in Palestine may be less well-known than her climate change campaigning, but she has spoken out on the subject several times. Thunberg participated in a pro-Palestinian protest in Stockholm, Sweden, in November 2023. [pictured, top] Co-authored an opinion piece on the British left-wing conflict guardian december newspaper.
She wrote then about Israel's “genocide” against the Gaza Strip and complained that “much of the world, especially the so-called Global North, is turning a blind eye.” Ms Thunberg denied her claims that she and her climate movement allies had been “radicalized” by Gaza, saying advancing politics had always been the point of the movement. she wrote: “Contrary to what many claim, Fridays for Future has not become ‘radicalised’ or ‘politicalised’. We have always been political because we have always been a movement for justice. Our solidarity with the Palestinian people and all affected civilians is never a question for us.
