After attack on right-wing extremists: Autonomous Lina arrested in Leipzig Soko LinX against Antifa Ost and Connewitz?

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“The Federal Prosecutor's Office searches three Leipzig left-wing radicals and arrests a woman. They are said to have attacked a right-wing bar. Attacks on excavators, cars and construction cranes in Leipzig, attacks on police officers on New Year's Eve in Connewitz, an attack on a real estate agent - these are a number of crimes that have recently been attributed to autonomous people in and around Leipzig. However, the investigators' successes remained poor and there were no suspects. That could now have changed. On Friday, the federal prosecutor's office announced the search of three people in Leipzig and the arrest of a woman, Lina E. The allegations against the 25-year-old are serious: she is said to be the leader of a criminal organization that she formed with other autonomous people and to have taken part in several crimes…”Article by Konrad Litschko from November 6th, 2020 in the taz online , see here for the entire problem:

• Federal Constitutional Court suspends detention: anti-fascist Lina is free  
  “The Federal Constitutional Court has temporarily lifted the detention against Lina. After more than two and a half months, the anti-fascist is released until her constitutional complaint is decided. Central to this is the right not to incriminate yourself.
  After more than two and a half months, the compulsory detention against Lina ended with a court ruling: On September 23, 2026, the Federal Constitutional Court temporarily lifted the compulsory detention against the anti-fascist by means of an interim order. The highest court thus ended the arbitrary six-month deprivation of liberty with which the Dresden Higher Regional Court (OLG) had punished the activist for her refusal to testify. In its decision, the Federal Constitutional Court referred to the great value of the right not to incriminate oneself, which is why Lina is now free until the actual decision on the constitutional complaint submitted. (…) With today's decision, the Federal Constitutional Court is sending a clear signal against the inflationary use of detention in the current Antifa trials. This means of coercion, which is otherwise rarely used, has been increasingly used against anti-fascists in recent months: on March 25th, an anti-fascist who had been convicted together with Lina was summoned as a witness in the large Antifa complex in Dresden. Because he had also refused to testify, he was also taken into custody on the spot for six months. On the other hand, Judge Joachim Kubista had always only imposed small fines on Nazi witnesses who were unwilling to testify…”Press release from Rote Hilfe from September 25, 2026 
• BGH ruling on “compulsory detention” against anti-fascist Lina: Compulsory detention as the new standard?
  “On June 30, 2026, the Dresden Higher Regional Court (OLG) had Lina taken into custody for six months in the major Antifa trial. As a witness, she consistently refused to testify - not least because of the possibility of incriminating herself. As early as October 2025, the Dresden District Court had imposed six months of detention against Lina. A ruling by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has now confirmed the new imposition, paving the way for the inflationary use of curfew detention. Lina's lawyer has announced a constitutional complaint. (…)
  As early as October 1, 2025, the Dresden District Court had summoned Lina as a witness in one of the parallel trials in order to question her about individual incidents for which she was convicted. The anti-fascist refused to make any statements and pointed out the risk of triggering new investigations against herself. Despite this real danger, the district court imposed the maximum permitted six months of detention in order to blackmail her into providing information. However, because her defense immediately filed an appeal, the measure was not yet enforced.
  On June 30, 2025, the Dresden Higher Regional Court also called Lina as a witness and brushed aside fears of renewed prosecution. Since she once again consistently refused to testify against the seven accused anti-fascists, the presiding judge Joachim Kubista again imposed the maximum sentence of six months in prison. The anti-fascist, who was only released in May because the remainder of her sentence is suspended, was taken into custody at the courthouse.
  On August 4, 2026, the Federal Court of Justice rejected the complaint that Lina's lawyer had filed. In its justification, the Federal Court of Justice ignored several principles: Although the legal situation allows a maximum of six months of detention for refusing to testify about the same offenses and a repetition of the coercive measure is prohibited, the Higher Regional Court's action was justified. Since the district court's initial "compulsory detention" had not yet been carried out because of the complaint at that time, the Higher Regional Court was right to order it again. The fact that the imprisonment imposed amounts to twelve months instead of the maximum permissible six months does not constitute a violation, since only the execution may not exceed this maximum period.
  The BGH also did not accept the reference to the risk that Lina could incriminate herself through the information and trigger further persecution. This risk cannot be dismissed out of hand…”Press release from August 16, 2026 from Rote Hilfe 
• Remaining sentence suspended: Lina E. is released early
  “…The Leipzig anti-fascist Lina E. was imprisoned for almost four years - now she is free. The Dresden Higher Regional Court suspended the remainder of her sentence on probation. And the Federal Court of Justice rejected a complaint by the Federal Prosecutor's Office against it. Both courts found that there was a good prognosis that the 31-year-old would live unpunished in the future.
  According to taz information, Lina E. was recently in open prison, so she only had to go back to prison at night. Last week, immediately after the decision of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), she was said to have been completely released from custody. The BGH decision was only made public on Wednesday. (…) Lina E. herself was initially released from custody on the day of the verdict. She then began the remainder of her prison sentence in April 2025 - when the verdict became final. When she had served two thirds of her sentence in March, she applied for the remaining sentence to be suspended on probation - which the Dresden Higher Regional Court also approved. The court had previously questioned Lina E. orally and also obtained a psychological report on her. (…) She completed her detention “without any problems”. And she has “viable plans for the future,” wants to resume her work as a social worker in addiction support and complete her studies in educational sciences…”Article by Konrad Litschko from May 27, 2026 in the taz online 
• Antifa East trial: In as a witness, out in handcuffs
  "... Jannis R. was in prison in Berlin until this Wednesday, albeit in open prison. The 40-year-old was sentenced to two years and five months in prison in May 2023 in the trial against the so-called Lina E. group by the Dresden Higher Regional Court for supporting a criminal organization and other offenses. Almost three years later, he was again taken to the high-security hall on Hammerweg. He was supposed to testify as a witness in the follow-up proceedings, in which seven anti-fascists are answering this time because they are said to have carried out brutal attacks on actual and alleged right-wing extremists. However, R. refused to testify - which meant that the open execution ended for the time being and he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs Senate around the presiding judge Joachim Kubista Statements on the "existence and characteristics" of the group, which the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (GBA) classifies as a left-wing extremist criminal organization. R. was convicted in the first trial not only for his support, but also for his involvement in the incident in Wurzen. The GBA also assumed that he was also involved in the attack in Eisenach as a kind of guard in front of the bar.
  Evidence cited included a tapped conversation from a car in which it was said that the current main defendant, Johann G. and R., had "run a bar" together. According to the Senate at the time, involvement could not be proven beyond doubt; R. was acquitted of this charge. The ruling at that time has been legally binding since it was confirmed by the Federal Court of Justice in March 2025. According to the GBA, there are no further open proceedings against R., said Kubista. R. therefore has no right to refuse to testify in the ongoing proceedings. This was contradicted by the Dresden lawyer Oliver Nießing, who acted as R.'s legal counsel. He justified his refusal with a dilemma in which the witness found himself. When it comes to certain questions from the court, “both an affirmative and a negative answer would put him in danger of renewed persecution.” If his statements indicated that he was involved in the attack on the “Bull’s Eye,” he would face a retrial. If he says no, he would have to fear that an investigation would be initiated into an attack on another bar. The then presiding judge Hans Schlüter-Staats brought this possibility of interpreting the intercepted conversation in the car into play in the first trial. (…) When the judge asked whether he would testify, [R.] explained: "I don't have to and I won't." Kubista then imposed a mandatory detention amount - unlike a previous co-defendant of R., who also recently refused to testify but got away with a fine.R., who had meanwhile taken off his jacket and revealed a T-shirt with the inscription “Free all Antifas”, left the hall in handcuffs. Article by Hendrik Lasch from March 25, 2026 in New Germany online 
• Two and a half years after “Day X” in Leipzig, the justification for the police cauldron collapses
  “Two and a half years after “Day X” in Leipzig, 85 percent of the investigations into allegations of serious breach of the peace have been closed (Printed matter 8/4688 ). On June 3, 2023, after the dissolution of a registered anti-fascist meeting in the southern suburbs and a violent escalation by a few people, the police held a total of 1,324 people in a controversial "cauldron" for up to eleven hours, provided them with inadequate care, overdid it with procedures and passed on their personal details to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The left faction was able to clear up many contradictions and false claims .
  My statement:"The justification for the police cauldron on Heinrich-Schütz-Platz in Leipzig's southern suburbs has finally collapsed after more than two and a half years. 1,324 people were accused of having taken part in riots. According to the Ministry of the Interior's figures, 1,133, or 85 percent, of the proceedings for particularly serious cases of breach of the peace have so far been discontinued - mostly because 'the facts, illegality or guilt could not be proven'.This confirms the perception that the police detained people indiscriminately and acted with disproportionate severity against many uninvolved people - including minors…”Press release from December 7th, 2025 by Juliane Nagel 
• “Antifa East” 2.0 trial: Defendants experience a lot of solidarity at the start of the planned 153 days of trial, which Trump would have enjoyed
  • 2nd day of the Antifa East trial: “The years of baseball bats never stopped here in the East”
    “The second day of the trial in the so-called Antifa-Ost trial took place at the Dresden Higher Regional Court on Wednesday. Seven anti-fascists who are said to belong to the so-called “Antifa Ost” are accused. They are accused of belonging to or supporting a criminal organization, and are also said to have committed bodily harm crimes against people from the right-wing scene. Three are also charged with attempted murder. Trial dates are scheduled until 2027. We spoke to RDL editor Thomas, who also observed the second day of the trial on site. The focus on Wednesday was on personal statements from Tobi, Julian and Thomas.”Interview on November 26, 2025 on Radio Dreyeckland 
  • Start of the Antifa trial in Dresden: There is applause for the defendants in the courtroom
    “The federal prosecutor's office accuses seven Antifa groups of a brutal series of attacks on neo-Nazis. Supporters demand the freedom of the accused. (…) Early in the morning, supporters showed solidarity with the defendants with a rally in front of the court. Anyone who wanted to enter the court had to undergo strict security checks. The hearing takes place in a high-security room, the defendants sit behind a glass front, in the sights of sergeants. When Judge Joachim Kubista opens the trial, he immediately has to fend off defense lawyers' requests to suspend the trial. Kubista first wants to hear the federal prosecutor's indictment. And it has it all. For the Federal Prosecutor's Office, the seven Antifas - six men, one woman - formed a left-wing extremist criminal organization that committed nine serious attacks on right-wing extremists from 2018 to 2023, in Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and finally Budapest and one on a Thor Steinar store in Dortmund, the fashion brand popular with right-wing extremists. (…)
    And the Federal Prosecutor's Office is now focusing on one man in particular who is said to have been present in almost all of the attacks: Johann G. The Leipzig student is said to have had a "formative influence" in the group, is said to have organized training and actions and then attacked himself. Johann G. follows the reading of the charges in a relaxed manner, preferring to continue smiling and trying to make contact with the audience. (…)
    The trial continues a case that was conducted in the same place until two years ago: against four leftists, including Lina E. from Leipzig - Johann G's ex-fiancée. They were also accused of the series of attacks and received prison sentences of 2.5 to a good 5 years in prison. A trial will begin in Düsseldorf in January against six other leftists who are said to have been present at least during the Budapest attacks.(..)
    The accused themselves have so far remained silent about the allegations, including on Tuesday. Right from the start, however, her defense lawyers called for the proceedings to be suspended. On the one hand, because they have not received complete access to the files to date and a hard drive with 700 gigabytes of documents was only sent shortly before the trial. On the other hand, because it is unclear what consequences the recent classification of “Antifa Ost” as a terrorist group in the USA will have for the defendants - and whether they could incur sanctions by making statements in the trial. That has to be clarified first. Judge Kubista, however, postpones the applications for the time being. (…)
    The defense attorneys fundamentally question whether the trial was fair. However, it is already clear that the process will take time: negotiation dates are already planned until 2027.”Report by Konrad Litschko from November 25th, 2025 in the taz online 
  • The “Antifa East” 2.0 trial has begun: Defendants experience a lot of solidarity at the start of the trial
    “»Expressions of solidarity are allowed - but only before the start of the hearing," reports the owner of the house rights in the courtroom, standing on a chair, shortly before the start of the mammoth trial against seven anti-fascists in Dresden. This is the second trial against the group known by authorities and the media as “Antifa-East”. In the first trial, which lasted two and a half years, Lina E. and three co-defendants were sentenced to several years in prison in 2023. The new process is now scheduled for 153 days of negotiations - until 2027. (…)
    As early as eight in the morning, solidarity activists were in front of the building together with some of the defendants. A large banner reads “Free All Antifas.” The press is called upon at the rally to document the entire police presence and to address the staging of a “terror trial.” There are two neo-Nazis on the other side of the street. Somewhat naively, they hang up a banner that reads “Attempted murder is not activism.” Next to it is a picture in which the anti-fascist Maja T., who is in custody in Hungary, is mocked: "Free Maja 2061" stands for the Nazis' desire for T to be imprisoned for as long as possible…”Article by John Malamatinas and Jan Theurich from November 25, 2025 in ND online 
  • “Antifa-East” and the Budapest complex: A chronology
    “The trial in Dresden is neither the beginning nor the end of the persecution of anti-fascists…”Post by Sebastian Weiermann from November 25th, 2025 in ND online 
  • Persecution of anti-fascists: To Trump's delight
    “Antifascists uncover conspiratorial meetings of the extreme right, research structures and prevent public appearances by neo-Nazis and other right-wingers. For this they have been hated by the extreme right for decades. The right-wing zeitgeist ensures that this hatred has ever greater consequences. In September, Hungarian President Viktor Orbán announced that “Antifa” had to be declared a terrorist organization. Almost two weeks ago, the US government put “Antifa-Ost” on the list of terrorist organizations. Where fascists rule, anti-Antifa policy becomes the governing maxim.
    There are no fascists in power in the Federal Republic, but here too the judiciary operates in such a way that Donald Trump, for example, will be happy. The second major trial regarding “Antifa East” has begun in Dresden, and much of this can only be explained by the right-wing zeitgeist. Surprisingly, right-wing media and extreme right-wing media projects were early and well informed about the accused and alleged crimes. In addition, they were able to penetrate the mainstream with the term “Hammer Gang”. The fact that a series of assault crimes in various constellations are inflated to form a criminal organization, which leads to several mammoth trials, also shows how the state acts as anti-antifa.
    The defendants must expect to be dehumanized and portrayed as violent monsters during the course of the trial. It is important to show solidarity and stand before the accused. Antifascism remains necessary in all its diversity and is not terrorism.”Comment by Sebastian Weiermann from November 25th, 2025 in ND online , see the current dossier:What Trump started in the USA in 2019 is spreading internationally: the (vicarious) persecution of the Antifa movement as a “terrorist organization”
  • Press release from the solidarity group KW-Thomas on the start of the trial against anti-fascists in Dresden
    “At the start of the trial on November 25, 2025, the Federal Prosecutor's Office will read out its indictment against Thomas J. - also known as KW-Thomas or Nanuk - and six other anti-fascists, which is based on the statements of a questionable key witness and a tendentious assessment of circumstantial evidence. The allegations include serious bodily harm and attempted murder. Neither what is known about the crimes nor the injuries sustained justify these serious charges: they serve to blackmail and intimidate the defendants and those around them and are an attempt to extort statements and confessions by threatening long prison sentences…”Press release dated November 24th, 2025 at freenanuk 
  • [Le] Solidarity with the defendants in the Antifa-Ost trial!
    “The Antifa East trial is entering its second round. We send you lots of strength and greetings! The photo was taken in the context of the “Antifa Weeks” in Leipzig…”Post by anonymous on November 24th, 2025 on indymedia 
  • Persecution against Antifa continues: Dresden major trial from November 25th
    “One of the largest repression trials against anti-fascists in recent decades begins in Dresden on November 25th. Seven activists are standing before the Higher Regional Court because state security authorities are continuing to push forward with their constructions from the Budapest complex and Section 129. The process combines two of the harshest areas of state persecution at the moment - another example of how committed anti-fascism is being declared an enemy…”Press release from November 21st, 2025 from Rote Hilfe e.V. 
  • “Antifa East”: In court until 2027. The trial against “Antifa Ost” begins in Dresden, one of the largest political trials in decades
    "A real mammoth trial begins next Tuesday before the Dresden Higher Regional Court. An average of ten trial days per month are scheduled until the summer of 2026, and the court is planning further dates well into 2027. Seven anti-fascists are accused of belonging to or supporting a criminal organization. The organization is said to be "Antifa Ost", which was recently placed on the list of foreign terrorist organizations by the USA. The Federal prosecutors accuse the defendants of having founded a "nationally networked group" with a "militant left-wing extremist ideology." Over several years, the group is said to have carried out "intensively prepared" attacks on people who were considered to be part of the "right-wing scene." Specifically, six of the seven defendants are accused of attacks in varying constellations, for example on former participants in Nazi marches in Dresden and Magdeburg, and on the operator of a neo-Nazi meeting point in Eisenach right-wing label Thor-Steinar in Dortmund or around the Nazi-glorifying “Day of Honor” in Budapest 2023. (…)
    [B]at Rote Hilfe, people look at the trial in Dresden with great skepticism. "The judicial machinery is running at full speed, imprisoning more and more activists and dragging them to court in order to intimidate the anti-fascist movement," explained Hartmut Brückner from the federal board of the solidarity organization. »The number of anti-fascists in German prisons has reached a new high. In doing so, the state is sending a clear signal: Committed anti-fascism that goes beyond lip service will be relentlessly pursued." Brückner also criticized the "absurd dimensions that the process is taking on with the currently planned 132 days of negotiations." “Obviously an example is to be made of the defendants,” said the federal board member of the Red Aid. A large number of defendants, a trial lasting at least two years and parallel trials in Hungary and Düsseldorf represent a challenge when it comes to solidarity. Hartmut Brückner also knows this: "With such a long duration, the solidarity structures face special challenges if they want to accompany the trial intensively." This makes it all the more necessary for continuously working solidarity organizations such as Rote Hilfe to support the groups involved. Brückner also pointed out the responsibility of the media. Public interest declined quickly after the trials began. It is important to report regularly on what is happening in the proceedings and the prison conditions.” Article by Sebastian Weiermann from November 20, 2025 in New Germany online 
• Antifa East: Seven more charges against anti-fascists, prejudgment of the accused and leaking personal information to the press
  "The proceedings against the anti-fascist Lina E. and two co-defendants were characterized by the great severity of the prosecutors and the court. (...) The Federal Prosecutor's Office has now brought charges against seven other people from Lina E.'s alleged environment, as the MDR first reported on Thursday evening, citing "several people familiar with the events." The authority also accuses them, among other things, of forming a left-wing extremist criminal organization and dangerous bodily harm. Four of the accused are already in custody In custody, among them E.'s fiancé, Johann G. He was arrested at the beginning of November 2024 by investigators from the Saxon State Criminal Police Office on a regional train in Thuringia. All of the accused are said to belong to the "Antifa Ost" in the Dresden trial, which was also referred to as the "Hammer Gang" because hammers were used in some of the crimes a "propaganda instrument of the right-wing press" and serves to prejudge. The aim is to create an "image of an irrational and unpredictable group whose sole aim is the exercise of violence".
  On Friday, eight Berlin lawyers representing the accused confirmed that the Federal Prosecutor's Office had already brought charges against seven anti-fascists to the Dresden Higher Regional Court on May 28, 2025. "It already seems highly doubtful whether this accusation can be heard in a fair and constitutional process," they write in a joint statement, which is available to "nd". The state security department of the Saxony State Criminal Police Office “did not investigate neutrally.” (…)
  In addition, the lawyers complain that information from the investigation was passed on illegally. “We repeatedly found that individual press organs had been informed about specific investigation results by the LKA Saxony before we as defense lawyers became aware of them,” they write. “Personal information about our clients was also published.” The lawyers particularly accuse the LKA of passing on “sensitive information” in a background conversation on May 6, 2025. (…)
  According to the lawyers, several of their clients had already filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Prosecutor General on May 14th against the head of state security at the LKA Saxony, Denis Kuhne, for betrayal of secrets. The defense lawyers explain: "The actions of the LKA Saxony fundamentally violate the presumption of innocence." Those affected are thus "exposed to public prejudice launched by the state." (…)
  On Friday, several support groups called for the accused to be released and “all proceedings against all anti-fascists” to be stopped. (…) The supporters criticize, among other things, numerous “excessive house searches” in the defendants’ surroundings and the continued pre-trial detention for individual defendants “as an anticipation of the punishment.” They also condemn the fact that, as in the trial against Lina E., the investigators rely almost exclusively on statements from the questionable key witness Johannes D. He “strategically accused people of participating in anti-fascist actions” and thus helped to construct a “criminal organization.” Article by Jana Frielinghaus from June 6, 2025 in Neues Deutschland online (“Seven charges against anti-fascists”)
• Budapest Complex: Cross-Border Repression. After attacks on neo-Nazis in Hungary, the accused are also being tried in Germany
  "... Hungary's judiciary has identified 18 suspects from Germany, Italy, Albania and Syria in the "Budapest complex", most of whom are in custody or have received a release from custody for the trial. Three Germans are still wanted. All are accused of grievous bodily harm and membership in a criminal organization. In Hungary they face prison sentences of up to 24 years. Since some of the accused are being investigated in connection with the so-called "Antifa-East complex", trials are also taking place in Germany. The first trial concluded in Budapest concerned Tobias E., who was released on December 20th after a partial confession after almost two years in prison. He was arrested again on his journey home to Germany; he is now to be held responsible in Germany for acts as part of the “Antifa Ost�� and is therefore in custody (…) The first criminal trial on the “Budapest complex” in Germany began on February 20th, 2025. The defendant is Hanna S., who is accused of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and forming a criminal organization. The court justified the trial in Germany instead of Hungary with the special importance of the proceedings, as the act could have "negative effects on the image of the Federal Republic of Germany compared to other countries." from Saxony, he is considered a confidant of Lina E., who was convicted a year ago as the mastermind of the alleged criminal organization.At the request of the Thuringian Public Prosecutor's Office, G. will also stand trial in Germany. In the case of Lina E., the appeal proceedings initiated by the prosecution and defense are ongoing before the BGH in Karlsruhe. The Dresden Higher Regional Court had already lifted the arrest warrant against E. after she became ill with rheumatism in prison. Since she spent three years in custody and is said to have behaved correctly there, there are probably only a few months left in prison - depending on the outcome of the appeal. The verdict of the third criminal senate at the BGH is expected on Wednesday.” Article by Matthias Monroy from March 17, 2025 in New Germany online – good overview of the situation
  • See also the dossier:“Day of Honor” and “Lukov March” 2023: German police hinder Antifa protests in Bulgaria and pursue attacks on Nazis in Hungary
• Day X in Leipzig: Innocently surrounded. A large part of the investigation was stopped 2 years later - the processing continues, as does data storage
  • Day X in Leipzig: Innocently surrounded. Two years after Day X in Leipzig: Two thirds of the investigations against demonstrators closed
    “…A total of 1,537 proceedings were initiated. Two years later, the allegations have largely proven to be unfounded. 861, or almost two thirds of the cases, were discontinued. Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) announced this at the request of left-wing MP Jule Nagel. In most cases, “the facts, illegality or guilt could not be determined,” it is said. In some cases, the reported behavior did not constitute a criminal offense. In at least two cases, the proceedings were stopped because the person concerned was still a child. Among those trapped were many minors who were denied any contact with their parents. According to the ministry, a further 445 cases are still being processed by the police or have been submitted to the public prosecutor's office for a decision. Nagel explained that she “assumes that there will be a lot of hiring.” In some cases, penalty orders accompanied by fines were requested. An indictment in criminal, lay judge or youth court was only brought in 19 cases and therefore in less than one and a half percent, said Nagel. This means that the results of the public prosecutor's office and the investigative group set up by the police are "extremely poor from a legal perspective." According to the Leipzig MPs, this confirms the impression of many observers that the police, with 3,000 officers present in the city, "acted quite indiscriminately and with disproportionate severity against a large number of uninvolved people" that day. (…)
    With a view to the numerous discontinued proceedings, Nagel also reminded once again that as a result of this measure, most of those surrounded are listed by the constitutional protection authorities as left-wing extremists. The Ask the State portal made it public in October that the data of all 1,322 criminally responsible victims had been passed on by the Saxon police and stored in the German secret services' common intelligence information system (NADIS). Your data is now recorded there for the next five years. Data protection officers and lawyers had sharply criticized the extensive storage practices in connection with the Leipzig police cauldron. In view of the meager results of the investigation, Nagel now explained that there was no reason for such "criminalization": "I therefore expect the data to be deleted immediately."“Article by Hendrik Lasch from June 3rd, 2025 in ND online 
  • Two years later and a little wiser. A large part of the investigation into Day X has now been stopped - the investigation continues
    “…Two years after Day
    The document is 80 pages long and provides insight into the prosecutor's investigation record . In response to a small query from Juliane Nagel (Linke), the Saxon Interior Ministry lists in a table all 1,537 investigations that the Leipzig public prosecutor's office initiated on June 2nd, 3rd or 4th, 2023. A large part, a total of 1,322 cases, concerns the encirclement of demonstrators in the so-called Leipzig Pocket on June 3, the so-called Day X. The public prosecutor's office investigated all those encircled on the initial suspicion of a serious breach of the peace. The results must be sobering for the investigators: They had to stop over 900 proceedings relating to Day X by the end of May, in the majority of cases because “the facts, illegality or guilt could not be proven”. The police and public prosecutor's office are still processing over 500 cases. So far, charges have been brought in 31 cases and the courts have imposed fines on six. (…)
    The police "only rounded up those who committed violence" or who supported the violent through their actions, said former public prosecutor Felix L. in court on Monday - and received some puzzled looks. Leipzig's police chief René Demmler had already abandoned this representation a few weeks after Day X. Demmler admitted mistakes: During the operation, the police had assumed that they had only surrounded 300 to 400 people. In fact, there were 1,324. The operational management noticed this large discrepancy when the police were carrying out the identity checks of those surrounded, L. reports in court. That lasted until 5 a.m. However, L. shows no understanding for the criticism of the deployment. “In retrospect, I had the feeling that we did it quite quickly given the number of people,” he says.
    Three investigations against police officers are still ongoing - 27 have been closed…”Article by Leon Heyde from June 3rd, 2025 in kreuzer-leipzig.de 
• [AntifaOst proceedings] Lina E. is not a ringleader, but the BGH confirms a multi-year prison sentence against Lina E.
  The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe has rejected the appeal, the verdict of May 31, 2023 with 5 years and three months in prison for Lina remains, see
  • Conviction of the defendant Lina E. for left-wing extremist violence is final
    Press release from the Federal Court of Justice of March 19, 2025 on the judgment of March 19, 2025 - 3 StR 173/24
  • see alsoLTO on that 
• Second arrest of a person in hiding in the Antifa East trial 
  "Today another suspect was arrested in the Antifa East trial, for which a public search has been underway since December 2023. The posters with his face promised a high bounty for information leading to an arrest. Despite this smear campaign against him, but also other comrades - who continue to successfully evade the state's grasp - the target investigators probably had to continue snooping around for a very long time before they were able to gain access. Today was the day. The BILD newspaper was once again involved and a few hours later Die Zeit digs into its archive and asks: “Why can’t the man be stopped?” For the media companies, the arrest is a good headline, for the authorities it is the next trophy. But it is a further attack for society: each of these investigative successes is accompanied by the surveillance of people who are considered to be on the left spectrum. The federal prosecutor's chain dogs have another free pass to ransack our lives. We, in this case specifically the anti-fascist movement. But they are not content with that, as the new interpretation of Section 129 gives them the opportunity to dismantle practically any political organization. We have seen this for 20 years with Section 129b and recently also with the Last Generation, which was marked as a “criminal organization”. Antifa Ost continues: Nanuk is already in custody. We are still waiting for information about the person arrested today. One thing is certain: the second round of indictments at the Higher Regional Court can be expected soon! At the time of publication, at least one house search is still ongoing in connection with the arrest.Much strength to those affected! We wish all those imprisoned and in hiding continued strength and happiness. Don't be discouraged! Shoulder to shoulder against repression – fuck fingers for the Soko LinX!” Report from November 8, 2024 from and at Soli-Antifa-Ost and to that:
  • Arrests of Antifa: State persecution continues unabated
    “The repressive organs are increasingly making new arrests against anti-fascists who were active against Nazis in Thuringia and Saxony: Thomas had already been taken into custody on October 22, 2024, and on November 8 today, emergency services arrested Johann. The arrests are part of a frontal attack by the state against the anti-fascist movement. Both activists are accused of taking part in physical confrontations with Nazis in the Antifa East complex. While the core issue is allegations of multiple physical injuries, the authorities are using the militant actions as a pretext for a major offensive against anti-fascist structures…”Press release from Rote Hilfe from November 8th, 2024 
• “Day X”: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution stores personal data of all those surrounded
  "June 2023: Several thousand people gather in Leipzig's southern suburbs to demonstrate against the verdict of the Dresden Higher Regional Court against Lina E. and three men for forming and supporting a left-wing extremist criminal organization. This includes left-wing extremist and left-wing radical groups. A previously registered demonstration on Alexis-Schumann-Platz is banned by the city of Leipzig as a replacement event for a feared "Day X". Violent riots broke out on the fringes of this prohibited demonstration. Autonomists attack the police. In return, this encircles more than 1,300 people of all stripes from the early evening in order to record their personal details and process them for identification purposes. Including residents, onlookers, young people and children. It took until the early hours of the following day for the last people to leave the facility. (…) Now it is clear: The Saxon State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) classifies all people who ended up in the “enclosure” (official name of the measure) on June 3rd and have their usual place of residence in Saxony as “left-wing extremist”. In a response from the LfV to the research portal “FragDenStaat”, which the MDR was able to view, it says: “As of September 20, 2024, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) Saxony recorded a total of 589 people with a personal entry in the NADIS.” (…) In its answer to “FragDenStaat”, the LfV gives two main reasons for the approach.On the one hand, the people affected supported the autonomous scene through their presence in the crowd, which was later surrounded. (…) It is also relevant for the storage of the data that the Leipzig public prosecutor's office initiated investigations against those affected in connection with the operation on suspicion of a particularly serious breach of the peace. “The fact that and for what accusations those affected are being investigated has been forwarded to the LfV by the public prosecutor’s office,” the LfV’s response to “FragDenStaat” continues. (…) The responsible investigative journalist Aiko Kempen explains to MDR that it is good that the Higher Administrative Court “showed clear limits to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and its secrecy” and reminded him of the importance of freedom of the press. “The secret service must also adhere to fundamental rights,” he adds. (…) Meanwhile, Juliane Hundert, the data protection officer of the Free State of Saxony, has announced a review of the stored data sets. (…) She tells the MDR that this is “a very high number of transmissions”. "We will contact the public prosecutor's office/police and the LfV Saxony and ask on what legal basis and what facts the data processing (transmission, storage) was carried out and what criteria were used to examine necessity or proportionality." Contribution by Edgar Lopez from September 29, 2024 on MDR 
  • Further details on this executive attack on the right to assemble are contained in theResearch by FragDenStaat by Aiko Kempen from September 27, 2024 
• Day X in Leipzig: Court stops charges of attempted murder in the “Benni” case. Leipzig public prosecutor's office has lodged an appeal against the decision
  “Another surprise in the “Benni” case: The Leipzig regional court has dropped most of the charges against the 25-year-old activist, who was in custody for six months after the “Day X” protests on June 3, 2023. The only remaining charge is breach of the peace because of his alleged involvement in a violent demonstration. The public prosecutor also wanted to charge Benni with attempted murder and 18 counts of attempted bodily harm because he was said to have thrown two incendiary devices at police officers while wearing a mask and wearing dark clothing. (…) The decision to reject most of the charges against “Benni” was already made in August, but it only became known now through a message from a support group. The chamber "according to the files did not see a sufficiently certain possibility that the accused could be identified as the person who is said to have thrown the incendiary devices," a spokesman for the regional court confirmed to the "nd".
  As things stand, the main proceedings against “Benni” for breach of the peace will only take place before the Leipzig District Court. The Leipzig public prosecutor's office lodged an immediate appeal against this decision. The Dresden Higher Regional Court must now decide on this. According to the public prosecutor's office, the file is currently on its way there. The support group believes the investigation and prosecution are politically motivated. She sees the complaint to the Higher Regional Court as an attempt to put further pressure on “Benni” and to unsettle the left-wing scene. There is also criticism of the evidence presented…”Article by Matthias Monroy from September 10, 2024 in ND online 
• #FreeBenni: Cancellation of the arrest warrant for attempted murder 
  “On Friday, June 21, 2024, Benni was released from custody. The arrest warrant against him was revoked by the Leipzig regional court.Charges were previously brought against Benni by the Leipzig public prosecutor's office on June 11, 2024. Last June 2023, he is said to have thrown two incendiary devices at closed police units in the context of the Day X protests surrounding the verdict in the Antifa East trial. He has been in custody since January of this year. The public prosecutor's office accuses him of, among other things, two counts of attempted murder. Parallel to the indictment, his prison conditions were massively tightened.
  After this 180 degree turn from the stricter prison conditions according to paragraph 119 and the charge of homicide to the revocation of the arrest warrant, Benni is now free. After almost six months in prison, those around him were able to welcome him outside the prison. We and numerous others are full of joy to finally see our companion, friend and comrade-in-arms outside the prison and court walls again, to hear his voice not only on the telephone or to be able to read his thoughts and reflections in letters. By revoking the arrest warrant, the regional court obviously did not follow the public prosecutor's line. A decision on whether to admit the indictment is still pending. We remain firmly at our companion's side and will support him in the upcoming process. For us, the massive state action against Benni up to the time of the indictment is symbolic of the wave of repression in recent years, which has been directed against large parts of the left-wing movement in Leipzig and beyond. Our solidarity also goes out to the many other victims of state persecution in connection with the protests that took place after the verdict was announced in the Antifa East trial…”Report from ABC-Dresden from June 25, 2024 
• News about “Day X” in Leipzig: Interior Ministry admits errors
  "... These images have gone through the entire Federal Republic: Hundreds of police officers stand shoulder to shoulder, encircling a crowd overnight. It is June 3, 2023 in Leipzig. The day that is often described as "Day X", for when a left-wing demonstration escalated in the meantime. Today, almost a year later, the investigation is still ongoing - and new details are emerging again. The Saxon Ministry of the Interior now admits, among other things, that the previously stated number of participants of 1,500 was only based on estimates. “An image evaluation carried out by the Leipzig Police Department in June 2023 as part of the follow-up led to a correction to a number of participants of at least 2,000,” says a current answer to small inquiries from state parliament member Juliane Nagel (Left) from Leipzig. (…) "We only get bits and pieces of further information about the official operational planning and implementation. This shows: Interior Minister Schuster continues to resist any critical assessment," says left-wing politician Nagel. The impression is growing that “party interests were and should be more important than dealing with the demonstration events in a professional manner that respects fundamental rights.” “Not all inconsistencies and contradictions have been clarified yet,” says the member of the state parliament. (…) Such details now include this correction: demonstrators did not have telescopic batons with them, as was stated days after the encirclement. The Interior Ministry clarifies that this was actually a “mixup” and that it involved extendable flagpoles.There had previously been no evidence of attacks on police officers' cars. The currently available ministry responses also say: “A large part of the meeting joined the violent and partly masked participants.” Reports from eyewitnesses, however, reflected a different impression. It has now been proven that there were at least 104 minors among those surrounded. (…) Was this large cauldron necessary – especially until the early hours of the morning? After the demonstration, Schuster said: “I am firmly convinced that this operational command was the most proportionate way to avoid having a broken glass demonstration in Leipzig.” (…) The ministry is sticking to this scenario. “Experiences from similar major events in the left-wing extremist scene” are used; the riots at the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017 are cited as an example. The Leipzig Police Department's danger forecast was ultimately based on this - which, however, was dated March 30, 2023. At that time, left-wing groups had announced actions with millions in damages due to the expected verdict against Lina E. After that, “no further separate risk forecast was created,” explains the Interior Ministry in response to Nagel’s inquiries. “At this early stage, neither a verdict was foreseeable nor any meeting registered in Leipzig, the course of which could have been predicted,” criticizes the member of the state parliament. She describes the “scenario devised by the police” of riots like in Hamburg as “excessive”, just like the requirement for 17 water cannons.” Article by Andreas Debski from April 18, 2024 in the Leipziger Volkszeitung online 
• Chaos and contradictions about the Leipzig police cauldron: Ask the State has published operational protocols for “Day X” and is taking the Saxony Office for the Protection of the Constitution to court
  “In June 2023, the Leipzig police surrounded more than 1,300 people for up to eleven hours. Internal documents now show a precise picture of the controversial operation. For even more information about Day X, we are taking the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to court. (…)Internal documents from the Leipzig police now provide a more precise picture of the operation,to which the police had already admitted some errors . We publish the detailed progress report of the operation as well as several protocols created afterwards. In many places there is a lack of police oversight of the situation and in places it contradicts what the police publicly reported about the day.The documents were originally classified as “classified information – for official use only” (VS-NfD). The Leipzig police have themissued in response to a request for the new Saxon Transparency Act . We shared and evaluated the documents with the MDR in advance. (…) The police's internal minutes, which we are now publishing, show: As early as 5:24 p.m., a good half hour before the police caucus began, the responsible police leader ordered for the first time that the participants in the event “were not allowed to run uncontrolled”. According to the documents, at that point there were already reports of masked people, but there were still no observations of individuals in the demonstration preparing for a confrontation or collecting stones. Nevertheless, according to the protocol, the official instruction at this point is already: “Do not leave any people […] out”. Shortly afterwards, the police leader specified that not every person should be identified, but that “every uncontrolled departure” from the demonstration should be prevented. (…)
  The fact that the police were obviously unable to gain an overview of the situation in the cauldron for a long time is also surprising because the documents show that there were certainly opportunities to do so. Because the police were themselves in the cauldron with plainclothes forces. This is shown by the protocol of the interview of a so-called “crime observer” who “was also in the custodial measure for a longer period of time”. (…) Other entries in the minutes also raise questions. At the beginning of the cauldron, the police ordered water and toilet facilities for 800 people, although at that point they officially assumed there were less than half as many people trapped. Afterwards, the police repeatedly pointed out that supplies for those surrounded had been ensured. “It is critical to note that no loudspeaker announcements were made to the group of people regarding supply and disposal,” says the minutes that we are now publishing. (…)
  Information refused: We are taking the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to court
  Since then, criminal proceedings have been ongoing against all 1,321 people of criminal responsibility who had to endure that night in the Leipzig Pocket. They are all accused of breach of the peace in a particularly serious case. Only the two children who were detained by the police in the middle of the group are exempt from this. There are also indications that these 1,321 people have now been recorded by the Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution in the common information portal of the intelligence services (NADIS) - assigned to the phenomenon of left-wing extremism. The Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution did not want to comment on repeated press inquiries. The reason: It would make it possible to draw conclusions about how the Office for the Protection of the Constitution works if the secret service provides an answer as to whether the encircled people are now also recorded in the system of the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution. We consider this argument to be unreliable and now want to take urgent court proceedings to force the intelligence service to answer our questions. That's why on Monday we submitted an application for an interim injunction against Saxony's Office for the Protection of the Constitution…”Contribution by Aiko Kempen from February 13, 2024 at Ask the State (“Operational protocols for “Day X”: Chaos and contradictions about the Leipzig police cauldron”)
• How far are the investigations into the more than 1,300 demonstrators on Day X? 
  “On June 3rd there were attacks on the police at a left-wing rally in Leipzig. The officers surrounded more than 1,300 people for hours; an investigation is underway against each of these people on initial suspicion of a serious breach of the peace. What is the current status of the investigation?…” Good oneOverview from November 4, 2023 on MDR also as a video (42 minutes)
• The fascist hunter?! – The Lina E. case and its consequences
  “The Lina E. case has made headlines across the country. The young student was tried as an enemy of the state and was convicted as a left-wing extremist. For many leftists, however, she is an icon; “Free Lina” is written on the walls of countless houses in Leipzig and many other cities. There were a number of demonstrations across the country in solidarity with her. In the podcast we look for the answers to the following questions: Who is Lina E.? Why did she become radicalized? Are we really dealing with a new dimension of left-wing violence? And how far can antifascism go? We trace the case of Lina E., dedicating ourselves to her person and the actions that are attributed to the group. Also the mammoth court case and the political discussion that the case triggered. And we explain why this story is important nationwide..." All episodes of the MDR podcast series - The Leipzig journalists Marc Zimmer and Anton Zirk researched for months. Their colleague Edgar Lopez only missed one of the almost 100 days of negotiations in Dresden.”Documentary & reportage in 6 audio episodes in the ARD audio library and above:
  • Case of the left-wing extremist Lina E. from Kassel: Podcast on the trail of the “fascist hunter”
    “Lina E. is said to be the head of a radical left-wing group that brutally beat up neo-Nazis. A podcast tells the story behind the case.
    Kassel – At the beginning of the MDR podcast about Lina E. from Kassel there is a quote from a Holocaust survivor. The German Jew Esther Bejarano (1924-2021) is quoted several times in the six episodes of "The Fascho Hunter?! - The Lina E. case and its consequences", who said a few years before her death: "Anyone who fights against Nazis cannot rely on the state." Lina E.'s defense lawyers also cited the sentence in the trial before the Dresden Higher Regional Court. The creators of the podcast do not want to justify the acts of violence that Lina E. and her three co-defendants are accused of, but they do want to understand: “How does a young woman who has never committed a crime before come to the point of risking her future to fight against neo-Nazis?“…”Article by Matthias Lohr from November 1st, 2023 in HNA online 
• [Petition] “Parents against Police Violence Leipzig” call for the “Leipzig Cauldron”: Stop police violence! 
  “In Germany we are increasingly experiencing massive and sometimes arbitrary use of force by police officers.The sad highlight in Saxony was the demonstration “Freedom of assembly also applies in Leipzig!” on June 3, 23, which ended with the “Leipzig Cauldron” and over 1,300 reports of serious breaches of the peace – including against minors.In the cauldron, participants experienced arbitrary violence, deprivation of sleep, food, water and the ban on going to the toilet. (…) The conditions described are just the tip of the iceberg, because studies [1] and [2] show that 86% of criminal cases were not prosecuted by officials. What is interesting is the fact that both police officers and those affected see the use of force as problematic. There is therefore – at least partially – an awareness of the problem on the police side. However, there are enormous hurdles to criticizing or reporting the use of violence by colleagues. That's why we - the "Parents Against Police Violence Leipzig" - call on the Free State of Saxony, represented by the Saxon Interior Minister Armin Schuster, to create structures that will put a stop to the massive increase in police attacks. We specifically demand…”Petition to Saxon Interior Minister Armin Schuster at Campact 
• BKA publicly searches for left-wing extremist Johann G. from Leipzig who has gone into hiding - Nazis are offering an additional "bounty" of 5,000 euros 
  “The posters are hanging at train stations nationwide, and in some cases the portrait of the person being sought flickers larger than life on digital screens: Since Monday, the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Saxony State Criminal Police Office have been searching for the Leipzig left-wing autonomist Johann G in a public manhunt. He is "strongly suspected of having taken part in several politically motivated physical attacks as a member of a criminal organization," according to the corresponding advertisement, which also includes a reward of 10,000 euros is awarded. There is no mention of the fact that the attacks were directed against Nazis. In addition to a portrait photo of the man being sought, a picture of his knuckles was also published, with the slogan “Hate Cops” tattooed on them. (…) Among other things, it is about attacks on the Eisenach neo-Nazi Leon R. and his bar in September and December 2019. In these and other acts, as it was always said in the trial, “G, who was persecuted separately,” is said to have played a leading role alongside E.; A trace of his DNA was found at a crime scene. However, G. was not in the dock in Dresden - because he went into hiding. The former theology student was sentenced to prison in 2018; It was about attacks on Legida demonstrators and stone throwing at a courthouse in Leipzig. He was released in autumn 2019 and is said to have gone into hiding at the beginning of 2020. (…) The call for a manhunt is enthusiastically shared in the right-wing extremist scene. The Free Saxons rejoiced that G. was “finally” wanted and offered an additional “bounty” of 5,000 euros.In comment columns people maliciously ask: "Dead or alive?" The Thuringian Left MP Katharina König-Preuss noted that well-known neo-Nazis such as Thorsten Heise, the right-wing rocker Lunikoff and the scene label PC Records from Chemnitz took part; In addition, the call is shared by many ex-members of the Thuringian Homeland Security, from which the NSU terrorist trio emerged. “Is there any fascist who is not yet supporting the BKA and LKA Saxony in their search?” König-Preuss asked sarcastically in the short message service X. (…) The large-scale search for Johann G. is causing sharp criticism. Martina Renner, Thuringia's left-wing member of the Bundestag, told the "nd" that she knew nothing of the sort from investigations by the Federal Prosecutor's Office into right-wing terror or from the Federal Criminal Police Office's search for neo-Nazis in hiding. “A public enemy No. 1 is being created here,” said Renner. The extreme right “takes up the template, symbolically puts money on it and calls for lynching.” All of this “was foreseeable and apparently included in the price,” says Renner.”Article by Hendrik Lasch from September 26th, 2023 in ND online (“Nazis help state with manhunt: Federal Criminal Police Office publicly searches for Leipzig left-wing autonomist in hiding”), see:
  • Public search in the Antifa East trial: Stop the hunt for anti-fascists!
    "…"The public search service pilloried the comrade and called on the population to denounce him. This means the entire anti-fascist movement. We already know something similar from the searches surrounding the protests against the G20 summit. The basic rights of the accused are massively violated and a pre-judgment and announcement takes place. In the Antifa Ost case, the Federal Prosecutor's Office had already announced in support of the verdict that it wanted to open many more cases. The manner in which the search was carried out shows the repressive authorities' unconditional desire to prosecute all people and groups who defend themselves against Nazi terror in Leipzig and the region. After all the scandals involving the investigative authorities, it is probably the flight forward to criminalize the fight against the right and to cover up the involvement of officials in the neo-Nazi swamp. Antifascists should be demonized and labeled as so-called criminals. Red Aid opposes this. We demand that the public search and the persecution of anti-fascists be stopped immediately. We stand in solidarity with all those affected and call on all left-wing and fundamental rights organizations to publicly contradict this state campaign.”“Federal board of Rote Hilfe e.V. on September 26th, 2023 Read the full story at the source

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