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The trial of five activists accused of breaking into a facility of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, in Ulm, Germany, has been postponed after the defendants were placed behind a glass barrier, preventing contact with lawyers.

Known by the name "Ulm Five", the activists allegedly entered the factory on the 8 September 2025 by smashing a glass facade and subsequently destroyed office equipment, including computers, screens and telephones.

Shortly after, the five were arrested and have since been held in pretrial detention in different prisons across southern Germany.

The trial was scheduled to begin this morning but was postponed after lawyers complained about lack of access to their clients.

According to reports and pictures released on the group's official social media account, defence lawyers entered the courtroom to find their defendants placed behind glass barriers inside the court room, inhibiting contact

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[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The German judicial system is putting obstacles to have a fair trail

No matter what other opinion one may have, this is the real issue, and it is a very slippery slope.

[–] hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm of the opinion that they did nothing wrong and the trial itself is criminal to begin with. I still don't understand their or your comment, what's at the bottom of the slope?

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Luckily Germany has a fair and just legal system. 100k€ damage to a factory, you must be naive to think ANY society would allow that.

That's just free market capitalism, shoulda bought some insurance before conducting a genocide

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