"...
While the organizers called the demonstration a modern form of
non-violent blockade and referred to their constitutional right to
freedom of assembly, Lufthansa and the Frankfurt public attorney saw
in it a call to coercion. The offices of Frankfurt-based group
Libertad were searched and computers seized, and the main official
organizer, Andreas-Thomas Vogel, was indicted. Investigations were
led by the state security branch of the police and the attorney's
office. The Frankfurt district court convicted Vogel to a fine in
summer 2005, and ruled that the demonstration equalled coercion
against Lufthansa and other website visitors.
The first criminal chamber of the Frankfurt Appelate Court now
dropped all charges and ruled (No. 1 Ss 319/05) that the
demonstration was in fact no violence or coercion, but had been
targeted at influencing public opinion. Therefore it was legal.
..."
> http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.11/demonstration
Beste Grüße!
PS
While the organizers called the demonstration a modern form of
non-violent blockade and referred to their constitutional right to
freedom of assembly, Lufthansa and the Frankfurt public attorney saw
in it a call to coercion. The offices of Frankfurt-based group
Libertad were searched and computers seized, and the main official
organizer, Andreas-Thomas Vogel, was indicted. Investigations were
led by the state security branch of the police and the attorney's
office. The Frankfurt district court convicted Vogel to a fine in
summer 2005, and ruled that the demonstration equalled coercion
against Lufthansa and other website visitors.
The first criminal chamber of the Frankfurt Appelate Court now
dropped all charges and ruled (No. 1 Ss 319/05) that the
demonstration was in fact no violence or coercion, but had been
targeted at influencing public opinion. Therefore it was legal.
..."
> http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.11/demonstration
Beste Grüße!
PS