Actually, Henning Jeschke from the "Last Generation" is on trial for resisting law enforcement officials. But during the process he glues himself to a table and appeals to have to talk about the climate emergency. He is carried out of the hall together with the table and was never separated from it.
The process is about roadblocks in which climate activist Henning Jeschke is said to have participated. The hearing before the Tiergarten district court used the founding member of the group "Last Generation" for another action: In the middle of the process, the 23-year-old from Greifswald jumped up and stuck to a table.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you again. I'm sorry I have to do this. I can't help it because I care about the rule of law. I have to do this because we put the world in this way see great danger like never before. I got stuck here at the table. I have to do it because we have to talk about a climate emergency," the 23-year-old shouted loudly in room D107.
Judge Sebastian Jacobs briefly interrupted the hearing to alert court officials. However, since Jeschke kept interrupting him, the judge finally excluded the 23-year-old from the process. Judicial officials carried the table Jeschke was stuck to into an anteroom of the courthouse. The climate activist said in the anteroom: "The judge has to deal with the climate emergency." Police and paramedics were called to relieve the man from the tabletop. But the climate activist refused.
Jeschke was finally taken out of the building on Thursday with his hand glued to the table, as court spokeswoman Lisa Jani said. Officials had previously helped him into his jacket. Most recently, the 23-year-old was seen accompanied at a bus stop - including the table, which is about 1.20 meters wide. "We were able to do without the table. The main thing was that the main hearing could continue," said spokeswoman Jani. Jeschke was banned from the house for the day. Meanwhile, the hearing continued in the courtroom. Ultimately, however, she was interrupted.
The trial is scheduled to continue on March 9th. The process is about several actions by the group "Last Generation" in the period from March to June 2022, in which he is said to have participated. The public prosecutor's office in Berlin accuses Jeschke of coercion, resistance to law enforcement officials and dangerous intervention in road traffic. Penal orders were issued for the climate activist to pay a fine. Because he objected, it came to trial.
Jeschke filmed himself during the action. The group "Last Generation" published a video on Twitter a little later. The group spoke of a possible bias of the judge. At the end of last year, he "shared templates from the public prosecutor's office in internal court chats - possibly as a "conviction aid" for other judges," it said. However, an application for rejection due to bias was unsuccessful. Court spokeswoman Jani explained that the judge forwarded an email to his colleagues with a note from the prosecutor regarding the handling of the incidents. This is part of his job because he is part of the administration.
The group "Last Generation" was formed after a climate hunger strike in Berlin and calls for more measures to protect the climate. Since the beginning of 2022, it has repeatedly blocked freeway exits and other roads in many cities, with Berlin being a focal point.
