Left-wing extremist Lina E. must be released from prison

The left-wing extremist Lina E. must be released from prison. The order of preventive detention was temporarily revoked by a decision on Wednesday, as a spokesman for the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe announced upon request (ref. 2 BvR 1681/26). At the end of June, the Dresden Higher Regional Court (OLG) ordered a six-month detention after Lina E. refused to testify as a witness in an Antifa East trial.

After the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) rejected the woman's complaint, her lawyer filed a constitutional complaint in Karlsruhe. A decision on this has not yet been made, emphasized lawyer Erkan Zünbül. “The Federal Constitutional Court recognized that there are significant constitutional questions open here and acted consistently by temporarily restoring our client’s freedom.” The current interim order therefore applies until the decision on the constitutional complaint is made, but for a maximum of six months.

Preventive detention is a legal means of pressure that is intended to force a person to give a witness statement. Lina E. was also fined 750 euros. She should comment on the crimes for which she was convicted in 2023.