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The defence of leading far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke has lodged an appeal against a verdict that has found him guilty of using a banned Nazi slogan, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Thursday. A regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine of €13,000 ($14,000) on Tuesday for using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. The appeal had been received by the court on Wednesday after it was lodged by Höcke's lawyer Philip Müller, the spokeswoman said. Müller did not wish to comment on this when asked by dpa. The case ...
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A leading member of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Björn Höcke, has been fined for using a prohibited Nazi slogan, a regional court ruled on Tuesday evening. The regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine for using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. The court imposed a fine of €13,000 ($14,000) paid in 100 daily instalments of €130. The public prosecutor's office had accused the leader of the Thuringian state AfD of having knowingly used a banned slogan of the Sturmabteilung (SA), or Storm Troopers, a Nazi parami...
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A leading member of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Björn Höcke, has been fined for using a prohibited Nazi slogan, a regional court ruled on Tuesday evening. The regional court in the eastern German city of Halle sentenced Höcke to a fine for using symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. Höcke, 52, is to pay 100 daily rates of €130 ($140) each, the court ruled. The public prosecutor's office had accused the leader of the Thuringian state AfD of having knowingly used a banned slogan of the Sturmabteilung (SA), or Storm Troopers, a Nazi paramilitary gro...
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A leading member of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Björn Höcke, has been fined for using a prohibited Nazi slogan, the regional court says in its verdict.
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The defence in the trial of German far-right politician Björn Höcke has called for him to be acquitted of a charge that he used a prohibited Nazi slogan, on the grounds that the defendant did not know it was banned. Höcke, 52, is accused of using the slogan "Alles für Deutschland" (Everything for Germany) that was used by the Sturmabteilung (SA), or Storm Troopers, a Nazi paramilitary group commonly referred to as the "brownshirts." Most people had forgotten the slogan, and by bringing the case the prosecution had made it known again, Höcke's defence lawyer Ralf Hornemann told the regional cou...
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The regional court in the eastern German city of Halle is set to announce its verdict on Tuesday in the trial of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke, accused of using a prohibited Nazi slogan. The evidence collection process remains ongoing, with pending closing statements from both the prosecution and defence. However, according to the presiding judge the judgement could be announced on Tuesday, the final scheduled trial date. The public prosecutor's office accuses the leader of the Thuringian AfD state party and parliamentary group of having knowingly use...
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The German organization Institute for State Politics, which has been categorized as right-wing extremist by the domestic intelligence services, has been dissolved. "The Institute for State Politics no longer exists," wrote board member Götz Kubitschek in an article in the organization's own magazine Sezession. "The association has been dissolved, all members have resigned, the accounts closed, the tasks completed or redistributed." The Institute for State Policy, based in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, was categorized as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization by the domestic...
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Germany's intelligence services can classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, a higher regional court ruled on appeal on Monday, dealing a heavy blow to the party in a bumper election year. Germany's intelligence services had classified both the party and its youth organization, Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected right-wing extremist groups. There are "sufficient factual indications" of the AfD's endeavours "which are directed against the human dignity of certain groups of people and against the principle of democracy," said presiding judge Ge...
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Germany's intelligence services may classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, a higher regional court ruled on appeal on Monday. Germany's intelligence services had classified both the party and its youth organization, Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected right-wing extremist groups. According to the court, there is a well-founded suspicion that "the political objectives of at least a significant part of the AfD are in line with granting German citizens with a migration background a legally devalued status," it said in its statement. According t...
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party plans to appeal a court ruling that the intelligence services can classify the party as a suspected extremist group. "We will of course appeal to the next instance," said AfD federal board member Roman Reusch on Monday, according to a party statement. Germany's intelligence services had classified both the party and its youth organization, Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected right-wing extremist groups. A higher regional court in Münster upheld this assessment in its ruling on appeal on Monday. The court did not allow an appeal in its judgemen...
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