++ Corona protest: Demonstrators in Saxony “walk” despite the ban, illegal demonstration in Berlin

• The Corona * crisis in Germany is far from over.
• At the Corona summit, the still incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel * and the Prime Ministers once again tightened the applicable measures.
• Resistance is building up against the restrictions. The lateral thinkers demonstrate in Frankfurt. A demonstration in Berlin was not approved. In Saxony, demonstrators march in front of the health minister’s house.

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+++ 6.40 p.m .: Opponents of Corona measures took to the streets on Saturday afternoon in Berlin despite a ban on demonstrations. The police spoke of a number of participants in the “lower three-digit range”. The demonstrators moved illegally through Berlin-Friedrichshain. There were several arrests for violating the Corona rules and for resisting the officials, it was said. A journalist who filmed the protests on his cell phone was reportedly attacked by a participant. This had snatched the smartphone from him. The journalist was able to get it back after a scuffle, it was said. The alleged perpetrator had to answer for attempted robbery.

A demonstration by vaccination opponents and corona skeptics with 1000 planned participants, originally registered for Saturday, was banned on Friday. According to the police, the reason for the ban was earlier findings that the participants would regularly ignore the corona rules. Refusing to wear a mouth and nose covering is one of these types of demonstrations. Similar demonstrations had already been banned several times this year in the capital.

Corona protest: Up to 700 people on a “walk” in Freiberg

+++ Update from Saturday, December 4th, 2021, 12.15 p.m .: In Freiberg, despite controls on the access roads and the presence of the police in the city, up to 700 people gathered for a “walk” against the Corona restrictions. 30 people are now threatened with a fine of 250 euros each, as the police announced. Due to the dramatic Corona situation in the Free State, according to the Saxon Corona Emergency Ordinance, gatherings with a maximum of ten people are currently only allowed – and only at a fixed location.

At around 5.45 p.m., a mid-double-digit number of participants gathered at Albertpark, according to the police report. “The police officers spoke to them and pointed out the applicable restrictions resulting from the Saxon Corona Emergency Ordinance.” Regardless of this, some of them started moving around 6 p.m. and walked across the sidewalks towards the train station.

At around 6.15 p.m., the emergency services stopped the elevator and surrounded the participants, as it was said. In Chemnitz the police counted around 300 participants. Left-wing counter-demonstrators tried to stop the elevator, according to the EPD press agency.

Corona protest: torchlight march in front of the minister’s house in Saxony

+++ Update from Saturday, December 4th, 2021, 11.55 a.m .: Among the protesters who had drawn torches in front of Petra Köpping’s house were apparently sympathizers of the right-wing extremist organization “Free Saxony”. Spiegel Online reports. The police in Saxony are also expecting corona protests in the coming days. Especially in Dresden, numerous participants are expected on Monday at a corona demonstration in front of the state parliament. The police are expecting a large-scale operation.

Corona protests: torchlight march in front of Petra Köpping’s house in Grimma

First report from Saturday, December 4th, 2021, 10:48 a.m .: Grimma – In Saxony, Minister of Health Petra Köpping (SPD *) is the target of a group of angry demonstrators. In Grimma there, around 30 people, equipped with torches, marched in front of the 63-year-old politician’s house. According to the police, the group appeared in front of the house on Friday evening “shouting with whistles, torches and posters”. It was an “inadmissible elevator”. This is reported by the AFP news agency.

The police on site then recorded 25 identities. On Saturday morning, the Saxon police tweeted that they would check “all legal steps and possible criminal offenses”. The state security department of the Leipzig Police Department took over the investigation against the participants in the demonstration.