The Munich prosecution has charged 5 erstwhile members of the Last Generation. Terrorists are to be liable for setting up a criminal organisation, says “Deutsche Welle”. This is the consequence of an earlier court ruling that considered the group an organized criminal structure.
Court: The Last Generation is simply a criminal group
In November 2023, the Munich National Court issued a final judgement stating that The last generation acted as an organized crime group.
"The State safety Chamber of the Munich National Court concluded that the activities of the Last Generation group are geared towards committing crimes. The court referred, inter alia, to road and airport roadblocks by climate activists’ He kept the portal informed.
The explanatory memorandum stresses that it is not essential that the main nonsubjective of the group is to break the law.
"It is adequate that it is 1 of the possible many objectives of the group. In the case of the Last Generation, this was harassment of road traffic participants, in peculiar by sticking and harm to property” – explained.
The prosecution filed an indictment. Activists are liable for "crime organisation"
After the court's decision Munich D.A. has launched an investigationWhich resulted in an indictment against 5 members of the erstwhile Last Generation.
"Tucking to roads, blocking airports, paint-painting monuments and works of art – specified extremist actions of the group The Last Generation were expected to draw public attention to climate disaster. Now, however, activists are facing criminal liability. The Munich lawyer General filed an indictment against 5 members of the erstwhile Last Generation, accusing them of setting up a criminal organisation that aimed at committing criminal acts.” – reads “Deutsche Welle”.
Document counts 149 pages, and among the defendants was among others. Carla Hinrichs, known German climate activist and co-founder of the group.
The Last Generation changes its name, but announces further protests
The group defines the prosecution's decision as "attack on civilian society engagement as a pillar of democracy".
In December 2023, a period after the judgement of the court, The Climate Initiative of the Last Generation has given up its current name, although it has not formally resolved. However, a change in forms of protest was announced.
27-year-old Hinrichs in a conversation with “Der Spiegel” announced that "Something new, something great" will appear from the structures of the organization, stressing that the protests will continue.
Where did the Last Generation come from?
The group's name referred to the conviction of activists that they belong to the last generation, which can inactive halt the climate disaster.
The Last Generation was created after climate hunger strike in Berlin in 2021. erstwhile another forms of protest did not bring the expected response, activists began organizing roadblocks, sticking to the surface, painting monuments (e.g. the Brandenburg Gate) and painting works of art in museums.
But now their methods can have serious legal consequences.
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