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Witness in Dresden 'Antifa-Ost' Trial Refuses Testimony as Prosecutors Seek Coercive Detention

The 22-year-old, jailed in a separate 'Sächsische Separatisten' case, would have to serve any Beugehaft in addition to a later sentence.

Overview

  • Judges said the witness may refuse answers that would incriminate him personally but ruled that describing the 2020 Wurzen attack is not covered by that privilege.
  • The General Federal Prosecutor’s representative requested a fine and “nachdrückliche Beugehaft” for unjustified refusal to testify, with a decision pending.
  • According to court and reporter accounts, the witness was mistakenly returned to JVA Görlitz and will be brought back on Thursday, when the court plans to announce its ruling.
  • The testimony sought concerns assaults on participants returning from a right‑wing march in Wurzen on 15 February 2020; the witness was among those attacked.
  • The ongoing case at the OLG Dresden involves seven defendants accused since November 2025 of violent offenses and participation in a criminal organization, and runs alongside a separate trial of eight alleged 'Sächsische Separatisten' charged with forming a terrorist group and planning the liquidation of officeholders.