Right-wing protesters try to ‘raid’ German Justice Ministry over hate speech bill
RT.com
20 May, 2017
Members of a German right-wing movement took a 10-meter-long ladder and tried to climb onto the roof of the Justice Ministry in Berlin on Friday, also throwing pyrotechnics, in protest over a proposed law designed to fight hate speech on social media.
Chaos erupted when a van rushed through Mohren street, where the Ministry is located, narrowly missing a policeman, German daily Die Welt reported. Moments later, a group of around 50 activists from the Identitarian Movement (Identitäre Bewegung) gathered in front of the building chanting “Maas [Minister of Justice Heiko Maas] should go,” and “Fortress Europe, close the borders.”
Several protesters then grabbed a ladder from the van and attempted to make their way into the building. Police arrested one person for violating assembly laws.
“It was very turbulent,” the police chief told the newspaper.
A group of 20 demonstrators later staged a sit-in protest outside the barricaded ministry against “prohibition of opinion,” Die Welt reported.
The movement denounced they in fact attempted to storm the Ministry, saying in a tweet the action was merely a “satirical street protest.”
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