Brandenburger Gate: fishing net for climate activists or artificial tap?

Brandenburger Gate: fishing net for climate activists or artificial tap?

A spectacular color stop on the Brandenburg Gate is currently causing excitement in Berlin. Two women, Kathrin H. (29) from Hamburg and Marlen S. (35), a building cleaner from Lichtenberg, are in court for property damage after they sprayed the iconic landmark with yellow and orange color in September 2023. The estimated damage amounts to 115,000 euros and the district court meets in the high -security hall. The incident was staged by the “last generation” as part of their struggle against climate change.

Kathrin H. said during the negotiation: "We did not want to damage the gate, but use it for our messages. The environmental disaster is also a crisis of justice, the mass cannot afford to escape!" Her colleague Marlen S. said that she took part in the campaign to leave symbolic ecological footprints in the color of the color. For defense, the lawyer is said to have requested that the negotiation be suspended, since “climate activists” are investigated in several federal states because of the formation of a criminal association. The district judge has announced that it will decide on the further course on January 31, 2025.

law and wrong in the climate fight

With the procedure, the case also throws a light on the tensions between climate protection and legislation, which are increasingly gaining intensity. The current debate about the methods of this so-called \ “climate criminal \” and their legal situation could therefore affect more than just the two accused, as has already been indicated by reports on similar incidents in several federal states, as BZ Berlin The stuck location between radical forms of protest and legal consequences remains a central topic in the public discussion.

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