G20 demonstration in the city center: 2,000 demonstrate in silence | NDR.de – news

Status: 05.12.2020 7:50 pm

In connection with the Rondenbarg trial, which began this week before the Hamburg district court, numerous left-wing groups took to the streets in the city center.

According to reports from NDR 90.3, at least 2,000 people from various left-wing groups arrived in the city center of Hamburg on Saturday to demonstrate in cool temperatures. According to their statements, they wanted solidarity with the accused. Show the G20 Rondenbarg process that started this week.

The rally started from the main train station through the city center to St. Pauli. To protect against infection, the train was divided into blocks of 100. Police accompanied the rally with strong forces, water cannons and the cavalry squad. According to the police, the demonstration was mostly peaceful. Except for some firecrackers and the lighting of the pyrotechnics, there were no incidents. However, there were major traffic disruptions in the city center on Saturday afternoon.

The protection of the Constitution warns

Several left-wing groups, including those classified as extremists, called for protest. Therefore, the protection of the constitution had warned against participation. “Anyone participating in this meeting is making common ground with violent left-wing extremists,” said a statement.

On the call Since Thursday, the G20 Rondenbarg trial has held five youths accountable to the Hamburg district court for a serious collective breach of public order, with a physical attack on law enforcement officers and attempted dangerous bodily injury. The defendants, who are now between 19 and 21 years old, are said to have participated in a march of 150 to 200 opponents of the G20 dressed in black in July 2017, from which stones were thrown at police officers. The five defendants are not accused of any act of violence, it is said that they committed a crime because they marched with them. There had already been protests at the start of the trial. The left-wing parliamentary group in Hamburg has also criticized the trial and speaks of an attack on freedom of assembly.