Tag: Leipzig
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Murder charges after firebombs at policemen: Another trial after “Day X” in Germany
The Regional Court in Leipzig shall judge a man accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of two counts of attempted murder. In one case, a police officer was “briefly on fire up to waist-high”. A year after the riots on…
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Prosecution against international Antifas in Budapest started, arrest warrants requested for 14 more
The public prosecutor’s office in Budapest has filed charges against three activists for attacks on Nazis. Their organisation was founded in Germany, the authorities claim. The public prosecutor’s office in Hungary is searching with names and photos for four other…
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Covert video surveillance in Leipzig: German police secretly looking for antifas
In at least two cases, police in Saxonia may have monitored building entrances with cameras hidden in parked vehicles. Apparently, these go to the account of the task force “Linx”. Apparently, in recent months, the police in Leipzig, Saxony, used…
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“Day of Honour” protests in Hungary: Pre-trial detention of Antifas from Germany and Italy extended
In their criminal investigations against German activists, Hungarian authorities are supported by the police and judiciary in Germany. State criminal investigation offices have carried out house searches in Berlin, Leipzig and Jena for this purpose. Antifa activists arrested for attacks…
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New raids in Germany because of Indymedia: Suspects allegedly uploaded an archive of Linksunten
Police in Baden-Württemberg have struck a new blow against old suspects. The public prosecutor’s office wants to investigate who put the archive of the website, which was banned in 2017, online. Freiburg police on Wednesday carried out house searches at…
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Police in Leipzig to return cell phones: Devices were seized from 380 people as “means of violence”
On “Day X”, police in the German city of Leipzig confiscated cell phones from 380 demonstrators. Those affected were threatened with costs for their decryption. A similar procedure is known from 2015. On the so-called “Day X” on June 3…