When non-violent protest - non-violent protest to save the world, no less - is criminalized, the world should worry.
"Five members of Letzte Generation, Germany’s equivalent to Just Stop Oil, have been charged with “forming a criminal organisation”, a move civil rights campaigners say could in effect criminalise future support for the climate campaign."
"It is believed to be the first time the law has been applied to a non-violent protest group."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/23/alarm-as-german-climate-activists-charged-with-forming-a-criminal-organisation
#ClimateChange
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