Hyderabad, May 4 -- Renowned British doctor of Palestinian origin, Ghassan Abu Sitta, has said he was denied entry into France on Saturday, May 4, where he was scheduled to speak at the senate.

"I am at Charles de Gaulle Airport. They are preventing me from entering France," Abu Sitta, a reconstructive plastic surgeon, wrote in a post on X.

He added, "I am supposed to speak at the French Senate today. They say the Germans put a 1 year ban on my entry to Europe."

In another post on X, he accused "fortunate Europe" of trying to "silence witnesses of genocide while Israel kills them in prisons."

"In an act of utter vindictiveness the French authorities are denying me access to an earlier flight and insisting on sending me on the last fli...