Extremismus: Durchsuchungen bei Unterstützern von rechtsextremem Verein
Die „Artgemeinschaft“ wurde 2023 bundesweit verboten, trotzdem soll der Verein von mehreren Menschen aufrechterhalten worden sein. Im Zuge von Ermittlungen gibt es nun mehrere Durchsuchungen.
Halle - Police have conducted searches at the premises of supporters of the banned right-wing extremist association "Artgemeinschaft" in five German federal states. The operation follows an ongoing legal case against a total of 15 accused individuals, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the State Prosecutor's office in Halle to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
The suspects are alleged to have supported the "Artgemeinschaft." Reports of the searches were previously made by "Spiegel" and "Volksstimme." According to the spokesperson, the searches have been ongoing since the morning in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia, with the involvement of forces from the state criminal police offices.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, police searched properties in Lippstadt and two other locations within the Lippe and Höxter districts, as reported by security sources. The full name of the banned association is "Artgemeinschaft - Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft wesensgemäßer Lebensgestaltung." It was prohibited by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 2023, with then-Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) describing it as a "sect-like, deeply racist and antisemitic organization."
The group challenged the ban, which was subsequently upheld by the Federal Administrative Court in April.
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