ban on associations - Ban of the 'United Tribunes' on Trial
Two years ago, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior banned the rocker-like group "United Tribuns" - the ban is now being challenged in court. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig is hearing the case today (starting at 10:00 am) regarding whether the association and about a dozen of its affiliated organizations, known as Chapters, should remain banned. The timing of the decision was initially unclear.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior justified the ban in August 2022 under the Associations Law. The group's purpose and activities were in conflict with criminal laws, it was stated. The group resembled in its structures a motorcycle club and engaged in power struggles with other associations. The Chapter "United Tribuns Northside" reportedly filed the lawsuit.
In recent years, there have been numerous legal proceedings against alleged members. These included cases involving protection money extortion, drug trafficking, and forced prostitution. In Leipzig in 2016, a member of the "United Tribuns" was shot dead; four "Hells Angels" were sentenced for the crime. The background was reportedly rivalries between motorcycle clubs.
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- Despite the ban imposed by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior on the United Tribunes two years ago, the association and several of its Chapters are currently being defended in the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig.
- The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig is set to decide today whether to uphold the ban on the United Tribunes and its Chapters, starting at 10:00 am, a move that was instituted by the Federal Ministry of the Interior based on the Associations Law due to the group's activities being in opposition to several criminal laws.
- The case challenging the ban on the United Tribunes and its affiliated Chapters will be heard by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, with the Chapter "United Tribuns Northside" reportedly spearheading the lawsuit against the Federal Ministry of the Interior's decision in 2022.
- The Federal Administrative Court in Germany's Saxony region will evaluate the challenge to the ban on the United Tribunes, an extremist group with alleged involvement in criminal activities such as protection money extortion, drug trafficking, forced prostitution, and power struggles with other associations, as well as a connection to other motorcycle clubs.
