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The So-Called “Free Speech Warriors” – Even in Switzerland, Speaking Out Can Get You Arrested (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Updated article: https://electronicintifada.net/content/switzerland-deports-eis-ali-abunimah/50337

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (48 children)

Regional context

https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/radikaler-islamist-sollte-in-zuerich-in-der-zentralwaescherei-auftreten-kantonspolizei-hat-einreisesperre-fuer-ihn-beantragt-mario-fehr-spricht-von-einem-judenhasser-ld.1867964

He was not allowed to enter switzerland because Fedpol feared that he calls for violence and actively promotes Hamas (which Switzerland considers a terror organisation). As he crossed the border anyway, he got arrested and deported.

You can’t enter a country without a visa and wonder why you get arrested…

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

If that's the conclusion you've arrived at after reading nazi-friendly content, then you're probably a nazi too.

Ali Abunimah was born and raised in the U.S., so we can safely assume he possesses the U.S. citizenship and passport. What does Switzerland's official immigration website have to say about U.S. citizens? Oh yeah, that's right, you get full-on red carpet drawn for you:

https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/usa/en/home/visa/entry-ch/up-90-days/do-i-need-a-schengen-visa.html

And if the state designates an organization as a terrorist group, then that's that right? We can just throw away our critical thinking (assuming we had any in the first place) and let the state known for rubbing elbows with nazis do the thinking for us, right? Piss off with that racist bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Note that while entering the Schengen area does not require a visa for USA citizens, you do have to get a visa waiver which is subject to limitations. See this document.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

That's true, starting from this year. I couldn't find more information about this through primary sources of how tedious it is compared to your average long-and-arduous visa procedures that Global South countries are subjected to, but it appears to be a relatively quick non-process: https://www.axa-schengen.com/en/visa/visit-schengen/usa#1

The reason for his deportation wasn't because "he didn't have a visa" like the original comment purported as one of the points, or a lack of a visa-waiver for that matter. It was clear-cut "he's too brown for our liking" but with glitter all over.

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