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Die Linke Court Suspends Martha Chiara Wüthrich’s Party Rights for Two Years Over Holocaust Remarks

The decision can be challenged before the party’s federal arbitration commission.

Overview

  • The Thuringia arbitration court removed all party offices from Wüthrich and suspended her membership rights for two years.
  • The panel ruled her statements were antisemitic, violent and Holocaust‑relativizing, citing a 2025 TikTok video in which she labeled the Gaza war a “Holocaust”; she later deleted the clip and said it was made in the heat of the moment.
  • Judges concluded with sufficient probability that she also voiced violent remarks at a party event, allegations she disputes.
  • The court declined a requested full expulsion sought by Thuringian party official Paul Gruber, calling the lesser sanction proportionate.
  • The ruling does not affect her role in the autonomously organized Linksjugend, allowing her to remain a federal co‑speaker.