<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">German police on Friday used violence against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters in Berlin, an activist said.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is Germany, the heart of Europe," Yasemin Acar, who was beaten up by police, told Anadolu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"They beat us violently in front of parliament, arrested us, and we were hospitalized," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Acar was released after identification and was treated at the hospital due to an injury to her arm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is not clear if her arm will be put in a cast, but she said she is trying to get better.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police in Berlin dismantled the Support for Gaza camp next to the Chancellery and opposite the Bundestag. Many people were detained in the violent confrontation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Talking about the incident, she said she reached the sit-in after someone told her on the phone that the protesters were being asked to leave.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As soon as I arrived there, the police already saw (me). We started raising slogans. When I said: 'Freedom for Palestine,' the police pointed their finger at me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Then 10-15 policemen came, all men by the way. They pulled my head and one of them hit my nose.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I told them I couldn't breathe. But they didn't listen and told me to 'shut up.'</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"So human rights, and being a woman has no value anymore."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In detention, she said, they were taken to an office-like area set up nearby.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“They said: 'We will put you in prison.' I protested because I knew my rights. Because I raised my voice, they tried to silence me after that," she said, adding that she was kept there for a few minutes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Talking about the rise in violence in Germany, she said: “Of course, we took to the streets for Palestine, but we are also taking to the streets against the oppression in Germany right now, because the oppression is so great."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I wonder if the next time we organize something like a camp again, will they take out their guns and try to shoot us? We live in fear of that,” she said, adding that she will file a criminal complaint against the police. - Anadolu Agency </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">bnbd24/fas</div>