Overview
- Prosecutors filed formal charges on August 1 against a 25-year-old Berlin resident for glorifying a proscribed terrorist organization.
- Authorities say he posted Instagram photos in March and April showing masked, heavily armed fighters bearing the group’s logo.
- He is accused of chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin.
- The indictment cites counts of distributing propaganda materials, using terrorist symbols and endorsing criminal acts under German law.
- The trial will be heard before the State Security Chamber of the Berlin Regional Court once a date is scheduled.