British-Palestinian surgeon ‘denied entry to Germany for conference’

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta said he arrived at Berlin airport before being stopped at passport control, where he was held for several hours and then told he had to return to the UK

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta is a Palestinian-British surgeon (Picture: Hussein Malla/AP)

A British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during the first weeks of the Israel-Hamas war has said he was denied entry to Germany to take part in a pro-Palestinian conference — an event that police later ended early.

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta said he arrived at Berlin airport on Friday morning before being stopped at passport control, where he was held for several hours and then told he had to return to the UK.