Amnesty condemns criminal association charges against climate activists in Germany

Human rights organisation Amnesty International and other NGOs have criticised official charges against members of the German Last Generation climate movement because of “suspicion of forming a criminal association,” calling the move “a new form of state repression” against activists. Prosecutors in Munich had laid charges of forming a criminal association against five members of the group earlier this week. “The accusation of 'forming a criminal organisation' not only penalises individual acts, but also stigmatises and criminalises the climate movement as a whole,” said Julia Duchrow, head of Amnesty International Germany. “The renewed accusation against members of Last Generation for forming a criminal organisation represents a new form of state repression against climate activists,” she added.