Right-wing extremism Zurich public prosecutor's office punishes "Junge Tat" for disrupting Pride

The Zurich public prosecutor's office has sentenced right-wing extremists from "Junge Tat" by summary penalty order. In 2022, they had disrupted the church service at the Pride Festival and a reading session for children by drag queens, among other things.

The criminal investigations had been directed against six exponents of the "Junge Tat" group, as announced by the Zurich cantonal public prosecutor's office on Monday. They have now been proven to have committed a number of offenses in various combinations between February 2022 and April 2024, according to the statement.

The members of "Junge Tat" were found guilty of racial discrimination, disturbing freedom of religion and worship, breach of the peace and offenses against the Explosives Act, among other things. The defendants were punished with fines of between 100 and 180 daily rates and additional fines. The penalty orders are not yet legally binding.

In June 2022, masked individuals attempted to disrupt the Catholic service at the Pride Festival in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Zurich. They wanted to carry a white wooden cross on a concrete base into the church. In October 2022, there was also a disruption at a reading session by drag queens for children in Zurich's Tanzhaus.

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