The Irish protester who was punched in the face by German police at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin last week, has said Germany should be "shamed internationally" for its treatment of protesters.
Kitty O'Brien, who is 25 and from Dublin, spent a week in hospital as a result of multiple injuries.
Footage showed O'Brien being struck twice in the face by a German officer and subsequently dragged away from the demonstration in support of Palestine in the German capital on 28 August.
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, they described their injuries after arriving home from hospital yesterday: "I have a broken nose, a broken humerus bone, and potentially long-standing radial nerve damage.
"On Friday, I had a surgery on my arm and I now have 11 screws holding the bone together."
They said friends have also suffered broken noses, fractured wrists, a broken spine, "and countless other injuries".
"Germany should be shamed internationally for how it's treating protesters, in a country that claims to be democratic," O'Brien said.
Asked if they were going to protest again, O'Brien said: "Yeah, of course. I mean there's absolutely no attempts at silencing us that are going to work, because Palestine is still being genocided...so there's no stopping us.
"I actually can't wait to get back on the streets and look in the faces of those officers," they said.
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O'Brien said they have not yet received consular support from Irish authorities because they cannot type due to their injuries and therefore are currently unable to interact with the embassy.
A spokesperson from the Department of Foreign Affairs said last week that officials in the department "stand ready to provide consular assistance to the citizen concerned, should they request it".
O'Brien said they and 20 to 25 others were protesting on 28 August about the killing of journalists in Gaza.
Speaking to RTÉ's News at One, they said that since October 2023, the time of Hamas' assault on southern Israel, 274 journalists have died at the hands of Israel and this is the reason they took to the streets last week.
"We were only there for about 15 minutes before I was punched in the face and dragged off."
Moment demonstrator assaulted by Berlin police officers
They added that it was "definitely not abnormal behaviour" by the police in Berlin and that they have witnessed friends "face life-changing brutality for two years now".
O'Brien said there is "always a disproportionate ratio" of police to protesters in pro-Palestine demonstrations in Berlin.
On this occasion there was at least double the number of police to the two dozen or so protesters in their group.
O'Brien said the officer who attacked them "just couldn't hold it together".
"He just made direct shots with his fist for my face, twice, then my nose started bleeding and then as he took me away, the same officer twisted my arm behind my back and snapped it."
They said they received huge support during their time in hospital and hopes instead of scaring people away from the streets that it encourages them, adding that there is more safety in numbers.
O'Brien said that after they were attacked and detained, the officer told them that they were "being charged with assault".
They said the Berlin police "throw charges around to justify their own violence, and obviously then when my video went viral, they changed their tune because they realised that this lie wouldn't stand up in court".
"And are now by the looks of things trying to charge me with insult, for calling them genocide supporters."
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Ambassador of Ireland to Germany Maeve Collins and senior officials from the department have contacted German authorities in relation to the incident.
Berlin Police said in a statement that it reported the incident to its police watchdog, Directorate for Police Offenses at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office, "to determine whether any aspects of the police response may be disproportionate or of criminal relevance".
