double standard? Climate adhesives skip the court process – for a vacation flight to Bali

On Monday (January 30), two defendants were missing from the criminal proceedings surrounding the blockade of the B10 by climate activists.

The reason: a holiday in Thailand and Bali.

Bad Cannstatt - The members of "Letzte Generation" have drawn attention to themselves with various campaigns in recent months.

Her goal was to raise awareness of the consequences of climate change.

However , most citizens – as the survey by

also shows – eluded the mental bridge between the daubing of art or the blocking of streets on the one hand and “peaceful” actionism on the other.

Climate activists in court: Criminal proceedings for coercion – the accused stay away from the hearing

In this respect, many citizens have different opinions about the global group.

Especially in view of the current economic situation, which puts a heavy financial burden on many people, dissatisfaction with the paid activists is growing.

For example, in September 2022, federal highway 10 was blocked by environmentalists, severely disrupting commuter traffic in Stuttgart.

Criminal proceedings for coercion have been initiated.

The reason: Although the activists demonstrated peacefully, according to the BGH, the blocking of streets cannot be classified as non-violent.

According to the so-called second row case law, at least the following cars are prevented from continuing through physical coercion.

On Monday (January 30th) there should be a hearing before the district court of Bad Cannstatt.

As reported by

, two of the accused activists stayed away from the meeting.

Climate protectionists stay away from criminal proceedings: Holidays in Thailand and Bali with a heavy CO₂ balance

The reason why the 22-year-old and her boyfriend, who is two years older, did not appear in court should work twice to the detriment of the two.

When asked by the judge, it turned out that the two people were on vacation.

Since this is of course no reason to stay away from a criminal hearing, this can have consequences for the two accused.

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By plane towards the sun.

Climate activists from the group "Last Generation" have now escaped the German winter - despite a court date.

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© Daniel Reinhardt/dpa

But the holiday destination of the accused also causes irritation: both flew to Thailand and from there to Bali.

information , the CO₂ consumption for the 23,000-kilometer flight (there and back)

for both activists is around 7.9 tons - the outward and return flight consumes around 140,000 liters of kerosene.

The word “double standards” quickly springs to mind for the viewer – but not so for the group itself, whose spokesman is

opposite emphasized: “They booked the flight as private individuals, not as climate protectors.

You have to keep that separate.” However, the court will probably have pause for thought with regard to the credibility of the motives of the accused.

For a long time now, the members of "Last Generation" have been accused of just wanting to cause trouble under the guise of climate protection.

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