European Legal Support Center

20/08/2026

📌 ELSC Senior Legal Officer, Rechtsanwältin Nadija Samour, sowie die ELSC Partner-Rechtsanwältinnen Leonora Arslani und Yolanda Scheytt, führen seit Jahren erfolgreich Verfahren gegen die Kriminalisierung der Äußerung von "Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea" - in dieser Informationsveranstaltung werden sie Einblicke in ihre Prozessführung geben und dabei insbesondere auch auf wissenschaftliche Gutachten und deren richterliche Behandlung und Bewertung eingehen.

Die Informationsveranstaltung richtet sich nicht nur an ein juristisches Fachpublikum, sondern wird juristische Vorgänge für ein breites Publikum veranschaulichen. Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

10/08/2026

📌 NEW ARTICLE ON THE ELSC BLOG!

The Limits of Human Rights Credibility: The repression of Palestine Solidarity in Germany

Germany disregarded recommendations made by both the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur (UNSR) for Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

In this article, the ELSC Europe work team shows how Germany disregarded recommendations made by both bodies – but argues how the visits and their findings still matter.

06/08/2026

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is supporting Nadia Sawalha in taking legal action against ITV.

After speaking publicly in support of Palestine and against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Nadia was removed from ITV daytime show Loose Women. ELSC has written to ITV alleging discrimination based on Nadia’s protected anti-Zionist beliefs under the Equality Act 2010.

We are calling on ITV to apologise to Nadia, and guarantee that she will not face further sanctions for her lawful speech on Palestine.

This case is about more than just Nadia. No one should lose their livelihood for speaking out against injustice or standing in solidarity with Palestine.

05/08/2026

Wir wissen, dass viele Gruppen und Individuen von anti-Palästinensischer Repression betroffen sind. Deshalb haben wir zuletzt einen Ratgeber veröffentlicht.

Dieses Beratungsangebot wollen wir mit dieser Know-Your-Rights Veranstaltung vertiefen. Mit diesem kostenlosen Informationsangebot möchten wir euch helfen und gemeinsam mit euch Klarheit schaffen - zu einer Situation, die leider auch stark verunsichern kann.

Wir laden euch ein ELSC Senior Legal Officer, Rechtsanwältin Nadija Samour & Rechtsexperten Dr. Benjamin Rusteberg direkt eure Fragen zu stellen.

This event is planned and will be hosted as an event in German language – posing questions in English however is welcomed and we can answer these questions in English

05/08/2026

Wir wissen, dass viele Gruppen und Individuen von anti-Palästinensischer Repression betroffen sind. Deshalb haben wir zuletzt einen Ratgeber veröffentlicht.

Dieses Beratungsangebot wollen wir mit dieser Know-Your-Rights Veranstaltung vertiefen. Mit diesem kostenlosen Informationsangebot möchten wir euch helfen und gemeinsam mit euch Klarheit schaffen - zu einer Situation, die leider auch stark verunsichern kann.

Wir laden euch ein ELSC Senior Legal Officer, Rechtsanwältin Nadija Samour & Rechtsexperten Dr. Benjamin Rusteberg direkt eure Fragen zu stellen.

This event is planned and will be hosted as an event in German language – posing questions in English however is welcomed and we can answer these questions in English

Anmeldung über: Link in Bio

04/08/2026

📣 WE ARE HIRING

Associate Solicitor - Britain

Join the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) to defend Palestine solidarity and challenge repression and impunity across Europe.

Submission Deadline: 25 August 2026.

Join our team.

30/07/2026

Breaking. HRF and ELSC file criminal complaint against Israeli reservist present in the Netherlands

🚨On 26 July 2026, the Hind Rajab Foundation HRF), in collaboration with the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) and represented by Mr. Haroon Raza, filed an urgent criminal complaint with the Dutch National Public Prosecutor’s Office against Leon Khlebnikov, an Israeli reservist and tank gunner currently present in the 🇳🇱 .

Khlebnikov is accused of 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, crimes against humanity, and 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 against the Palestinian people, pursuant to the Dutch International Crimes Act (Wet Internationale Misdrijven). The complaint centers on his documented involvement in the destruction of civilian infrastructure in 𝙶𝚊𝚣𝚊, including the deliberate demolition of a school in Rafah, which he documented on social media.

The complaint was filed with extreme urgency after HRF received credible information that Khlebnikov is in the Netherlands from 27-31 July 2026 to serve as a judge at the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC), hosted by Utrecht University.

Affiliated with Ben-Gurion University’s debating society, Khlebnikov is spending the week in the Netherlands following his deployment to 𝙶𝚊𝚣𝚊 and participation in the ongoing genocide.

Full details → https://bit.ly/3RyPZxH

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22/07/2026

Doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals across the Britain are being investigated, suspended, and referred to regulators for speaking out for justice in Palestine.

This isn't isolated. It's part of a wider pattern of repression, and it needs to be documented.



Repression can look like:

Referral to the GMC, NMC, HCPC, GDC or another regulator

Investigation for fitness to practise

Suspension or dismissal by an NHS trust or employer

Disciplinary action over social media activity

Being told to remove Palestine solidarity items at work

Being reported by a colleague or external group

Being smeared in the media or doxed online



If in doubt, report it. You choose how your information is used, nothing is published without your consent. All data is held securely.

What you can do:

Report your incident

Share this with a healthcare worker who needs it

Explore the Index of Repression - a transnational database of verified incidents exposing how repression operates across borders, institutions, and sectors: www.index-of-repression.org


Know a healthcare worker who has faced repression for their Palestine advocacy? Tag or send this to them.

17/07/2026

Join the Disrupting the Supply Chains of Genocide Webinar.

On Wednesday July 22 we're bringing together lawyers, organisers and dockworkers who are all fighting the same fight from different angles.

Juman from the BDS National Committee will speak on Block the Boat, the international campaign to stop illegal maritime transfers around the world that enable Israel’s genocide, illegal occupation and apartheid.

Sara, Coordinator of the Maritime Transfers campaign in BDS Italy and Stefano, Italian dockworker and BDS activist, will speak on the implementation of the Block the Boat campaign on the ground, organising against maritime shipments to Israel, including the work already underway in Italy.

Lea Kayali, Palestinian Youth Movement, will break down the Mask Off Maersk campaign and what it reveals about the maritime supply chain.

Agnese Valenti, Senior Legal Officer at ELSC, will lay out the legal tactics being used to challenge this supply chain at sea.

Host: Giovanni Fassina, Executive Director of ELSC.

English and Italian interpretation provided.

Registration link in the first comment.

16/07/2026

Through our legal actions, we have secured significant successes against the Verfassungsschutz, but we aim to provide clear information on how this agency operates to those affected. That's why we released the Frequently Asked Questions Guide on Anti-Palestinian Surveillance by the German Domestic Secret Service Verfassungsschutz "Are you the extremist?"

It is now available online in German and English.