"Day X" is a reaction to the conviction of student Lina E. and the three co-defendants for assaults on alleged or actual neo-Nazis.

The organizers have filed a lawsuit against the ban on their demonstration. The Leipzig Administrative Court will decide on this in the course of the day. The police continue to prepare a large-scale operation for Saturday.. "Day X's" organizers say they are defending themselves legally against the city's ban by the city.