German court rules ban preventing Palestinian surgeon from speaking is illegal

A Berlin court has ruled that a gag order preventing award-winning British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah from speaking in Germany is unlawful, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.

Abu Sittah was detained and deported at Berlin Airport in April 2024 when he was on his way to give a talk at the Palestine Congress.

Abu Sittah is currently Rector of the University of Glasgow.