Habeck in the pillory – Ministry of Economic Affairs takes action against video
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Stand: 08.08.2022 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Right-wing extremists stage Robert Habeck’s kidnapping
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In a video, right-wing extremists stage the kidnapping of Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck. It is intended to serve as an advertisement for a civil protest in Heidenau, Saxony, called “Habeck’s Trial”. WELT reporter Franca Lehfeldt on the background.
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In a video, Robert Habeck is sentenced to “16 weeks in the pillory at the local marketplace”. The pictures are used to advertise a demonstration by a right-wing extremist micro-party. The Federal Ministry of Economics wants the video to be deleted.
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Dhe Federal Ministry of Economics is taking action against a video by right-wing extremists that portrays Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) as the culprit in a trial over his party’s sanctions policy. “We have reported the video to Facebook for review under the Network Enforcement Act and removal. We are also checking the facts from a legal point of view,” the ministry said on Monday on request.
The video, which was initially available on Monday at least in the QAnon conspiracy movement’s Telegram channel, shows a man in a red and orange prison suit, with a sack over his head and handcuffed in a vehicle. The person is obviously intended to represent Habeck. A voice can be heard announcing an alleged verdict: “You, Robert Habeck, are sentenced by the people to 16 weeks in the pillory on the local market square.”
At the end of the video, a demonstration in Heidenau near Dresden is advertised, in which a Habeck actor is to be pilloried. The online portal “Tag24” first reported on Monday.
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According to the Dresden public prosecutor’s office, there is an investigation into this case. Incitement to commit a crime is a criminal offence. The spokesman for the Dresden public prosecutor, Steve Schulze-Reinhold, said there was initial suspicion. It will be checked whether it is a criminal offense. You evaluate the video.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) said on Monday afternoon during a visit to the Federal Police in Sankt Augustin near Bonn that she was concerned about the development. “It also worried me a lot when my colleague Karl Lauterbach was threatened. There is a lot of hatred and hate speech out there on the internet right now, and that has to worry you. (…) The peaceful protest stops where others are threatened, as is the case now by my colleague Robert Habeck.”
The right-wing extremist micro-party “Freie Sachsen” has recently been mobilizing on Monday demonstrations in Heidenau against rising energy prices. However, according to the city, the response has so far been limited. It was said that no more than 40 to 50 people came to such events.
