A trial has been underway since April 27, 2026 that is setting a dangerous precedent in Germany’s post-war history. Five young people – from Ireland, Britain, Spain and Germany, aged between 20 and 30 – are standing trial before the Staatsschutzkammer in Stuttgart-Stammheim, a specialized panel of judges within the German regional court system that handles cases relating to national security, and are being treated like terrorists because they destroyed property belonging to an Israeli arms corporation. Throughout the proceedings, their fundamental democratic rights are being stripped away and the harshest prison conditions imposed in order to intimidate anyone who protests against the genocide in Gaza.
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