Police in Germany have carried out raids across seven states targeting activists of the climate advocacy group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), which recently led street blockades involving protesters glueing themselves to the asphalt.
According to a joint statement by Bavaria’s police and prosecutors, the raids were aimed at investigating seven people aged between 22 to 38, over suspicions of supporting or attempting to create a criminal organisation.
Police in Germany have carried out raids across seven states targeting activists of the climate advocacy group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), which recently led street blockades involving protesters glueing themselves to the asphalt.
According to a joint statement by Bavaria’s police and prosecutors, the raids were aimed at investigating seven people aged between 22 to 38, over suspicions of supporting or attempting to create a criminal organisation.
Dozens of climate activists from the group have found themselves before the courts in recent weeks over their traffic blockade actions. Over the past year, they have also targeted various artworks and exhibits.
The controversial tactics of Letzte Generation, from hunger strikes to throwing mashed potato on paintings in museums, have resulted in the group being described by some German politicians as “climate terrorists”.
The group in a Twitter post on Wednesday said: “Nationwide raid. #completelynutty.” “Searches of lobby structures and seizures of government’s fossil money – When?”
While Last Generation has acknowledged its protests are provocative, it argues that by stirring friction it can encourage debate within society about climate change.
The group’s activists have accused the German government of not taking serious measures to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius while instead further investing in fossil fuel infrastructure.
Source : AL JAZEERA
