Einstellung der 129a-Verfahren

State Terror in Germany

einstellung — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:07:31 +0200

50 days of Muppet Show - and the phantom dissolves

Freedom for Axel, Florian, and Oliver!

einstellung — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:45:38 +0200

The farce is over, and although we didnt really want to believe it that which was expected happened. The three comrades have been found guilty and sentenced to jail terms of three and a half years for two comrades, and three years for the third.

Burn the War Machines

einstellung — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:07 +0200

In Germany, we are witnessing a powerful rebirth of militarism. Although we are nowhere close to an uprising against capitalism, but already is the Bundeswehr being prepared for it. Inside the country, a propaganda campaign — involving conferences, movie theatres, schools, government offices, public oaths, large tattoos, and military parades (e.g. Müllheim June 27, 2009) — aims at freeing German soldiers from the “historic baggage” of National Socialism.

Solidarity is Indivisible!

einstellung — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:18:56 +0100

In the first 25 days of the trial since it first being in September 2009, the court has been hearing evidence against the three accused, Axel, Florian, and Oliver. Specifically, that they had, supposedly as members of the “militant group”, set out to destroy vehicles of the Germany Federal Armed Forces in Brandenburg an der Havel (70 km outside of Berlin). Since February 2009, the focus of the court proceedings has shifted: they now are being accused of “membership in the militant group”, under the auspices of §129 of the German Criminal Code.

Police Station attacked: "Release the anger which has no description!"

einstellung — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:13:53 +0100

We document a declaration that refers the "our" proceedings:

In the late hours of the 16 of December 2008 we attacked a police station sited in the Bulgarische Strasse, Treptow district, as also the cars parked in front of it with stones and color.

Aotearoa: Solidarity with the anti-militarists on trial in Berlin

einstellung — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:03:22 +0100

A banner was hung outside the German Embassy in Wellington today (13th December 2008) in solidarity with three anti-militarists who are currently on trial in Berlin. The banner read §Weg mit &129 - Solidaritaet mit den Antimilitaristen" ("Away with §129 - Solidarity with the anti-militarists"). Check out einstellung.so36.net/en for more information.

Bottles full of color thrown against the court in Berlin-Tiergarten

einstellung — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:28:02 +0200

"We declared our solidarity with the defendants by throwing color against the court located in the Turmstrasse in the night between the 23rd and 24th of September."

December 13th: Fire and Flames for the Repression - Solidarity with Axel, Florian and Oliver

einstellung — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:31:10 +0100

With the day of action on december 13th 2008, which is planned in different cities, we want to express our solidarity with the accused und protest against state repression.

Declaration by Axel, Florian and Oliver at the trial

einstellung — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:53:51 +0200

The ones who sit here at the dock are the wrong ones and they should be now condemned as members of a criminal association, under the paragraph 129. Warmongers, supporters of war and armament companies are the ones who belong to the dock. They are the ones to be prosecuted.

Letter from Florian, Axel and Oli

einstellung — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:15:30 +0100

We thank you all in this way for your enormous solidarity, friendship and loyality.

Declaration of support: Solidarity with antimilitarists

einstellung — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:22:18 +0200

"We support the call for the acquittal of the three antimilitarists."

Please sign this declaration: Send your name, job and city to us: einstellung [at] so36.net. Thank you.

End the criminalisation of left-wing structures -- for the immediate cessation of the 129(a) investigations!

einstellung — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:54:40 +0200

In the last year four terrorism investigations of left-wing activists have been uncovered, which has led to wide spread criticism of the practices of the investigation authorities. Away from the eyes of the public the investigations in all four cases are still ongoing and with them the surveillance operations of over 40 people.

Detailed overview of the extent of surveillance in these cases (table, German)

Press conference on the anniversary of the G8 searches: Lawyers demand the cessation of the proceedings

Some of those charged in four different §129(a) cases — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:47 +0200

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Germany-wide searches before the G8 summit on May 9th 2007, Katja Kipping (member of the German Parliament for the Left Party "Die Linke"), Pedram Shahyar (member of the Attac Coordination group) and the two lawyers Christina Clemm (Berlin) and Alexander Hoffmann (Kiel) demanded the cessation of the §129a proceedings against 40 left-wing activists. The invitation to the press conference was made by those charged in four different §129(a) cases.

New videoclip by Feundeskreis Videoclips about proceedings and support

einstellung — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:03:00 +0200

Freundeskreis Videoclips produced a 7 min clip on the case, German with English subtitles:

Florian L., Axel H. und Oliver R. were arrested after they allegedly tried to set fire on military trucks, made by MAN-AG in Brandenburg/Havel. The same day, Andrej Holm was arrested and flats and places of employment of three others were searched. The constructions that are intended to justify the accusation „Membership of a terrorist organization according to §§129a StGB (‚militant group (mg)‘).” are as adventurous as the paragraph 129a itself.

Download (36mb) | for big screens (222mb) | Flash

24th Chaos Communication Congress: What is Terrorism? And who is terrorising whom?

einstellung — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:49:18 +0100

Lecture of Anne Roth, partner of Andrej Holm, at Chaos Communication Congress Dec 27, 2007:

Life as the partner of a terrorism suspect means living with police and secret service surveillance: phone tapping, video cameras pointing at your doors, plain-clothed police following your every step, e-mail and internet access being monitored etc etc.

Video | Audio

[audio] What is terrorism? And who is terrorising whom? (24C3)

einstellung — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:15:01 +0100

Anne Roth's presentation on the 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, 27.12.2007.

Part I: Download as mp3 (24mb) | Listen
Part II: Download as mp3 (26mb) | Listen

Punk-bands, Eastern German magazines and journalists caught in surveillance grid

einstellung — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:47:23 +0100

Punk-bands, Eastern German magazines and journalists caught in surveillance

einstellung — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:21:53 +0100

Extreme cases of surveillance carried out against punk-bands, members of the "Eastern German magazine" 'telegraph' and other press representatives is raising the degree of uneasiness felt throughout the country. More and more details emerge in relation to the investigations into the authorities' conduct concerning the "militante gruppe" (mg) [militant group] and the suspects associated with it.

Repression in Germany: Editor of Venezuelan Book Incarcerated for Terrorism

einstellung — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Venezuelan opposition is once again crying about the "terrible repression" the poor rich suffer from the "Chavez regime." Strikingly, they never compare their situation to the pre-Bolivarian period, nor other Latin American countries, nor to the United States, nor to Europe. It's clear why: such a comparison would come out negatively for the opposition. The following is small example of the repression, which has occurred in Germany, a country often serving as "model" of modern bourgeois ideology.

German Court Says Professor Was Wrongly Arrested Under Terrorism Statute, but Retains Charges Against Him

einstellung — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Germany's highest court has overturned the arrest warrant of a Humboldt University academic who was detained for more than three weeks this past summer on suspicion of conspiracy with an alleged terrorist group accused of arson attacks against German military vehicles.

Neil Smith: Gentrification in Berlin and the Revanchist State

einstellung — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:03:44 +0200

Neil Smith, author of the seminal book "The urban frontier" (1996) and countless articles on gentrification, spatial scales, globalization and state revanchism, came to Berlin in May and agreed to answer a few of our questions concerning gentrification in Berlin.

German court frees terror suspect

einstellung — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:51:52 +0200

A German federal court has overturned an arrest warrant for a Berlin-based university professor accused of links to a left-wing terrorist group.

Court Overturns Controversial Arrest of Sociology Professor

einstellung — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:49:35 +0200

Germany's Federal Court has overturned the arrest of a sociologist accused of being a member of an extreme left group. The professor's imprisonment had sparked protest by academics on both side of the Atlantic.

Arrest warrant against Andrej H. overturned. Lawyers demand an end to the §129a proceedings

Coalition for the Immediate End to the § 129a Proceedings — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:30:32 +0200

Yesterday the German Federal Court announced its decision in the case of Berlin-based Andrej H. The Court has decided that at no point there was any immediate suspicion that would have necessitated his detainment. The arrest warrant against the activist and researcher was unlawful from the beginning and has thus been overturned.

Coalition launches international competition

Coalition for the Immediate End to the 129a Proceedings — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:36:02 +0200

No terror before four -- or: what exactly is an after-work terrorist?

The Federal Prosecution is after it. The red-green coalition is trying to redefine it. The Federal Court has to evaluate it and our friends are to be charged because of it.

The Phantom Called "Terrorism"

Delay of Federal Court decisions, Appeal lodged against custodial remand

Coalition for the Immediate End to the 129a Proceedings — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:01:21 +0200

Appeal lodged against the continued custodial remand of Axel H., Oliver R. and Florian L. - Federal Court to take no decisions before 18th October

Federal Prosecution subpoenas witnesses in the 129a case "militant group"

ZeugInnengruppe / EA — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:01:21 +0200

Since Wednesday 10th October the Federal Prosecution has issued more than ten people with a subpoena to act as witnesses in the 129a case against Florian, Axel, Andrej and three other accused individuals.

Greetings from prison

einstellung — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:21:17 +0200

Olli greets the participants of the anticapitalist bloc at the demonstration on september 22nd in Berlin.

Urgent Action to support the affected

einstellung — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:05:17 +0200

The group wegmit129a has started an urgent action of solidarity with the imprisoned an accused. Support them by sending protest letters to the authorities.

Stasi 2.0

einstellung — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:58:27 +0200

This report was made at the recent demonstration in Berlin against increased surveillance, data retention and repressive anti-terror activity by the German state.