The trial of five activists accused of breaking into a facility of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, in Ulm, Germany, has been postponed after the defendants were placed behind a glass barrier, preventing contact with lawyers.
Known by the name "Ulm Five", the activists allegedly entered the factory on the 8 September 2025 by smashing a glass facade and subsequently destroyed office equipment, including computers, screens and telephones.
Shortly after, the five were arrested and have since been held in pretrial detention in different prisons across southern Germany.
The trial was scheduled to begin this morning but was postponed after lawyers complained about lack of access to their clients.
According to reports and pictures released on the group's official social media account, defence lawyers entered the courtroom to find their defendants placed behind glass barriers inside the court room, inhibiting contact
11 Comments
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 118d
...screens and phones?
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 118d
Wellll… I read about these lawyers and defendants. Grow up folks, you’re not helping yourself.
hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 118d
what does this even mean? The German judicial system is putting obstacles to have a fair trail against people doing their best to boycott a genocide and this is what you have to say about it?
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 118d
No matter what other opinion one may have, this is the real issue, and it is a very slippery slope.
hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 118d
I'm of the opinion that they did nothing wrong and the trial itself is criminal to begin with. I still don't understand their or your comment, what's at the bottom of the slope?
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 118d
Trials should be fair. No matter what. And when they start being unfair for whatever reason, the start to be unfair for more and more reasons...
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · -4 pts · 118d
Luckily Germany has a fair and just legal system. 100k€ damage to a factory, you must be naive to think ANY society would allow that.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 117d
Gemany has the obligation to stop weapons shipements to israel and impose sanctions on it. Fuck off with your bullshit
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 117d
That's just free market capitalism, shoulda bought some insurance before conducting a genocide
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 118d
Yes. Because if you are pro Hamas, that doesn’t mean I am allowed to throw a Molotov cocktail through your window.
hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 117d
So you are equaling being pro-Hamas to procuring weapons to a genocidal entity?? hmmm