Overview

• The Federal Prosecutor’s Office charged seven individuals linked to Antifa Ost with forming a left-wing extremist criminal organization and carrying out violent attacks on right-wing extremists.
• Four of the accused, including alleged co-leader Johann G., are held in pre-trial detention, with G. apprehended in November 2024 after months on the run.
• The indictment spans assaults from 2018 to 2023, notably a 2019 attack on neo-Nazi Leon R. in Germany and confrontations during Budapest’s February 2023 “Tag der Ehre” rally.
• Defense counsel filed a criminal complaint against Denis Kuhne, head of Saxony’s LKA state security, accusing him of breaching confidentiality by leaking sensitive case details to the media.
• The trial is set to open at the Higher Regional Court in Dresden, prompting scrutiny over legal fairness and the broader impact on anti-fascist activism in Germany.