Arab News Japan

TOKYO: A demonstration was held in front of the German Embassy in Tokyo on Saturday to protest the deportation of people supporting Palestinians.

The protest was held under the banner “Global Protest Day: Stand Against Germany’s Racist Deportation Policies and Its Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity.”

The protesters say Germany has deported two Palestinians and detained two more in what they call “deportation camps,” while also deporting three EU citizens and an American “for their involvement in the Palestinian cause.”

They said: “This is further evidence that Germany will do everything it can to eliminate Palestinians in Gaza through its support for the Zionist state and to suppress voices of solidarity from within the country. We urge global solidarity with our comrades and all those affected by deportations!”

They added that people who were supposedly protected by freedom of movement within the EU are now targets for deportation.

Japanese police tried to stop the protesters gaining access to the area around the German Embassy and some of them tried to force their way through.

The protesters shouted slogans and held up banners saying, “Boycott Germany.” “Stop deportations in Germany,” “No Human Is Illegal,” and “Free Palestine.”