Neo-Nazi murder trial begins in Germany
First day of court of first instance historic German neo-Nazi case adjourned until May 14.
Largest neo-Nazi trial in Germany was opened on Monday by the light of the media as the main defendant, Beate neo-Nazi Zschäpe, facing charges of complicity in a series of racist murders But in a sign of the lengthy trial is likely, it was adjourned after his lawyers argued that the judge is biased.
Defiant pose defendant Beate Zschäpe keeps his arms crossed in court on Monday.
The Munich court handling the historic trial of Beate Zschäpe neo-Nazi on Monday adjourned the proceedings until 14 May after his lawyers accused the presiding judge of being biased because he had ordered them to be palpated for weapons before entering the courtroom, members of the Ministry weren t subjected to searches.
The adjournment the first day is a new indication that the trial, which is closely monitored in Germany and abroad, especially in Turkey, where most of the victims came from, will be long and complex Continued even didn not have the chance to read the charges.
Zschäpe, 38, nicknamed the Nazi married in the German media, is considered the only surviving member of the National Socialist Underground terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the 2011 murder of nine immigrants, eight of them original Turkish and a Greek man and a German police officer from 2000 to 2007.
The other two members, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt, committed suicide in November 2011 after a botched bank robbery only after that their involvement in the killings come to light.
Shortly after the trial, lawyers for Zschäpe filed a motion claiming that Manfred Götzl judge was unfit to run a procedure because the weapons research under suspicion of being involved in prohibited and criminal actions .
The judge then ordered the adjournment to consider their movement, as well as another application by a co-defendant.
The police never seriously considered that the pattern can be racism and presumed location as victims, which included a flower seller, a grocery store and a part-time tailor themselves had links with criminal gangs.
The case has alarmed 3 million people of Turkish origin country and was a huge embarrassment for Germany because of the catalog of errors committed by the police and the security authorities that expose them to accusations of institutional racism and to have been blind to the threat of right-wing extremism.
Last month, Germany has apologized for these errors to the Council of Human Rights of the United Nations in Geneva, who described the killings as undoubtedly one of the worst violations of human rights in Germany in the last decade.
Prosecutor Herbert Diemer Monday warned against expecting too much of the trial Court proceedings focus on the crimes and those accused of these crimes, he told a news conference it can not be the aim of the trial to clear possible mistakes made in past investigations and proceedings.
Zschäpe entered the courtroom smartly dressed in a white blouse and a black blazer, with her arms crossed defiantly, she was not handcuffed and quickly turned back to photographers and film cameras, and as families desperate victims finally see that justive She chatted quietly with his three lawyers and seemed relaxed.
Four alleged accomplices, all neo-Nazis committed, are also in the dock in the mammoth trial in which more than 600 witnesses will be called to testify a total of 84 days of hearings were slated but that may not be enough Some observers say the trial could last more than two years.
One of the accused, who can not be named as such as Andre E because of the laws on the German privacy, has the words, Die Die Jew tattooed on his stomach.
With its historical, social and political dimensions, the NSU trial is one of the most important German postwar history, lawyers for the family of the first victim, flower seller Enver Simsek, said in a communicated.
Some 500 police officers were deployed outside the courthouse - where hundreds of protesters, some waving the Turkish flag, asked that justice finally be done 13 years after the first victim, Simsek was murdered composure Some pictures Delayed cold victims banner read Why the blind authorities.
The chairman of the Turkish Community in Germany, Kenan Kolat, said the accused should get life in prison This is a historical process, it is not enough to convict the accused, Kolat told the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper Monday Hopefully the maximum penalties will be imposed and the maximum penalty is life.
The trial was delayed for nearly three weeks because of the controversy over the allocation of seats for the media the first round, no Turkish news organization obtained a pass release, which caused an outcry threatened to further damage Germany's reputation.
Every aspect of the case proves to be sensitive, including the names of the lawyers defending Zschäpe German and British press have commented on the fact that the alleged NSU member is defended by Wolfgang Stahl, Wolfgang Heer and Anja Sturm , family names that evoke the history of Nazi Germany - although none of the lawyers of political persuasion extreme right.
However, the lawyer representing the defendant Ralf Wohlleben, Nicole Schneiders, used to have a regional leadership position in the far-right National Democratic Party grandstands Wohlleben, 38, accused of providing NSU with 'murder weapon - a Browning pistol Ceska used in all the murders.
Whether we like it or not, the Munich court handling the historic trial of Beate Zschäpe neo-Nazi was little chance but to adjourn the proceedings The prosecution, the presiding judge was biased, is not without reason the.
Whether we like it or not, the Munich court handling the historic trial of Beate Zschäpe neo-Nazi was little chance but to adjourn the proceedings The prosecution, which is a reason President was biased, the danger weapons are smuggled into the courtroom exists, but it is more likely to come from either the left-wing extremists or Islamic fanatics who are unable to meet, perhaps do not understand the form of the German justice the very Ms. Zschape of that has already been nicknamed the Nazi married in the German media, shows how, at least the part of journalists, a verdict has already held innocent until proven guilty seems valid for anyone is suspected of right-wing tendencies in this country what it has to date been no evidence provided, the other two members of the NSU were guilty of the murders under investigation, or they have Although suicide quite likely that these crimes were commit ted by the trio, there is no right for anyone to preempt the verdict of a court Too often, even people of great integrity have been hounded by over zealous media, which can not wait until justice is done and often, in the process, are not very precise in the way they report a case well, was that of a bishop who used the English word doubt, but in the world press has been changed to deny this may seem at first to be just the use of a similar expression, but in the English language, has the effect of a change personal opinion into a statement of fact such inaccuracies, whether made intentionally or not, has no place in such a serious matter that the charge relating to a terrorist group believed, which is held by many to be respon sand of the murder of nine immigrants, eight of them of Turkish origin and a Greek man and a German policeman embarrassment in Germany because of this case certainly has not been diminished by the nu mber of errors committed by the security authorities, however, the media should take the most blame for the negative impression that many foreigners now have German legal procedures compared to legal structures in countries where most of the victims have their family origins, German courts are exemplary standards he was quite correct to Attorney General Herbert Diemer to warn against expecting too much of the trial court proceedings focus on the crimes and those accused of these crimes he can not be the goal of the trial to clarify any errors made in previous investigations and Ms. Zschäpe procedures can be a target of hatred, finally the families of victims desperate for justice, but until proven guilty and not at all certain, but it has little reason not to be relaxed which is perhaps most annoying is the fact that even if found guilty, no real punishment can expect life in a German jail ano related crimes from being forced to live in a restricted area, difficulties are in no way comparable to the suffering of those that were performed by the crimes Perhaps the return of forced labor would not be a bad idea, where a total lack of respect for human life was demonstrated by the lawbreaker.
There is no real democracy or right of freedom of expression in Germany The constitution was written under the massive strain of the occupying powers and the members of the constituent assembly that wrote were selected from those who had.
There is no real democracy or right of freedom of expression in Germany The constitution was written under the massive strain of the occupying powers and the members of the constituent assembly that wrote were selected from those who had suffered under National socialism It does not allow the natural symmetry between left and right There are people in prison for questioning the accuracy of the received opinion on certain historical events some of those who believe they are being denied the fundamental right to express sincere opinions will go to extreme measures to deal with an electric shock from a system that they see as deeply unjust and humiliating.
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