Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was banned from entering Germany in April to stop him giving a speech at the Palestine Congress in Berlin.
On 12 April, 930 German police officers were sent to shut down the three-day event as it began. The congress had been organised by Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and the German branch of DiEM25, the left-wing European movement.
Varoufakis and other banned speakers were told that appearing at the congress by live online video or through a video recording would break the law and could result in a year in prison.
Topics: Israel-Palestine, Repression