More than seven and a half years after the serious attack by neo-Nazis on two journalists in Fretterode (Thuringia) in April 2018, the appeal trial against two neo-Nazis from the Mühlhausen Regional Court begins two days before Christmas on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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PM: Another complaint of undue delay in the so-called Fretterode proceedings against the Mühlhausen Regional Court – co-plaintiffs no longer expect satisfaction or protection due to judicial failures
In the so-called Fretterode case, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, in its judgment of April 13, 2024, overturned the scandalous judgment of the Mühlhausen Regional Court of September 15, 2022 (Case No.: 3 KLs 101 Js 47753/18 jug), citing significant deficiencies in the evaluation of evidence. More than one…
Fretterode procedure: No end date foreseeable
In the so-called Fretterode case, following the Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) overturning of the scandalous ruling by the Mühlhausen Regional Court on March 13, 2024, we received notification, in response to our third inquiry to the now responsible chamber of the Mühlhausen Regional Court, that a hearing date for…
Fretterode procedure: 3rd status inquiry sent
In the so-called Fretterode case, following the Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) overturning of the scandalous ruling by the Mühlhausen Regional Court on March 13, 2024, we have now submitted a third inquiry to the currently responsible chamber of the Mühlhausen Regional Court, asking when a hearing date can be expected…
Fretterode trial: Court response to second status inquiry – no new hearing date in 2024
In response to the second status inquiry following the Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) overturning of the scandalous Mühlhausen Regional Court ruling on March 13, 2024, the Mühlhausen Regional Court has now assigned a new file number (1 KLs 101 Js 47753/18 jug (3)) and announced that a hearing date…
Fretterode procedure: 1st status inquiry sent
In the so-called Fretterode case, following the Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) overturning of the scandalous ruling by the Mühlhausen Regional Court on March 13, 2024, we have today submitted our first inquiry to the now responsible chamber as to when a hearing date can be expected.
PM: Federal Court of Justice overturns scandalous ruling by the Mühlhausen Regional Court in the so-called Fretterode case – proceedings are referred back to another chamber of the Regional Court and reopened
Göttingen/Karlsruhe, March 13, 2024. In the so-called Fretterode case, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, following an appeal hearing today (Case No.: 2 StR 237/23), overturned the scandalous judgment of the Mühlhausen Regional Court of September 15, 2022 (Case No.: 3 KLs 101 Js 47753/18 jug) due to significant flaws in…
Initial reaction of the co-plaintiffs to the verdict: A fatal signal for the protection of journalists in the so-called Fretterode trial – Thuringian justice system fails once again to adequately address violence perpetrated by neo-Nazis
Press release on the initial reaction of the co-plaintiffs to the judgment of the Mühlhausen Regional Court of 15 September 2022
Defense plea in the Fretterode trial: Denial, trivialization, reversal of perpetrator and victim roles
Press release from the co-plaintiffs regarding the defense's closing arguments in the so-called Fretterode trial
The co-plaintiffs are demanding a conviction for aggravated robbery and consideration of the neo-Nazi motives in sentencing in the so-called Fretterode trial
Press release regarding the closing arguments of the co-plaintiffs in the so-called Fretterode trial on September 2, 2022
