The sticky climate protests of the last generation in Austria are now going to court for the first time. In concrete terms, these are administrative fines of “several hundred euros”, to which four activists were sentenced. In Linz, they took to the streets for two days in November. The protesters appealed the fines.
On March 15, the Administrative Court (LVwG) heard the complaints of four activists who were fined by the Directorate of the State Police of Upper Austria for “violations of the Law on the Assembly and/or the Law on the Security Police”. On the morning of November 21, they taped themselves to the main road in Linz to block traffic. On November 28, there was a disturbance in the Hafenstrasse.
According to the activists, four people received administrative fines of “several hundred euros” from the police. On the other hand, they filed a complaint with the LVwG, which will consider the four proceedings together in a hearing on March 15, a spokesperson for the LVwG confirms.
‘Government fails to meet climate targets’
In a broadcast on Tuesday, the activists justified their approach to the LVwG by saying that their protest was necessary because “the federal government is not complying with its own climate goals and thus violates existing international agreements”. After “all other forms of protest” failed, it was decided in view of “the need” for “civil resistance”.
Source: Krone
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