Chemnitz stops Martin Sellner's appearance: Court ruling causes protests!

Chemnitz stops Martin Sellner's appearance: Court ruling causes protests!

In a groundbreaking decision, the Saxon Higher Administrative Court in Bautzen banned the use of city premises for an appearance by the right-wing extremist speaker Martin Sellner. The mayor of Chemnitz, Knut Kunze, is pleased with the verdict and emphasizes that it is a clear confirmation of the city's legal opinion. According to Chemnitz.de reports, the city of Chemnitz is allowed to express its fears of inhumane and extremist content.

The court bases its decision on the use regulations for municipal premises. It was determined that the topic of the planned event was not one of the tasks of the Chemnitz City Council. This makes it clear that the planned remigration event is classified as problematic by the authorities. MDR also reports that the city of Chemnitz had withdrawn an already confirmed reservation for a room in the town hall when the connection to Sellner and his extremist theses became known.

Final judgment

The Higher Administrative Court rejected the complaint from the right-wing extremist city council faction Pro Chemnitz/Free Saxony. They had sued against a decision by the Chemnitz Administrative Court, which had rejected the group's urgent application. According to the Higher Administrative Court, there is no right to access to the town hall because extremist and racist content is to be expected at the event, which is prohibited by the city of Chemnitz's usage regulations. The verdict is final.

The city of Chemnitz has made it clear that it has the right to terminate a user agreement if an event contains inhumane, racist or extremist content. This is also the signal that Mayor Knut Kunze wanted to send in this situation.

Protests in Chemnitz