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- Original documents (German)
- What the experts say (German)
- Media reports (German)
- Media reports (English)
- More information (German/English)
Original documents (German)
- Strafantrag gegen 2 VGT-Mitarbeiter
- These charge sheets prove in black and white that Martin Balluch and Christian Moser are being put on trial for campaigning activities like documenting the conditions on fur farms (page 4) or organising demonstrations (page 14).
- Strafantrag gegen David Richter und Harald Balluch
- David Richter and Harald Balluch are persecuted because of activities like motivating people to attend demonstrations (page 5-6) or researching which clothes shops sell real fur (page 4).
- Abschlussbericht von DDr. Martin Balluch
- The charge sheets often use very ambiguous words, such as "providing tactical advice", to describe Martin Balluch's alleged criminal behaviour. This final police report, summarizing the results of the investigation against him, proves that these words refer to nothing else than typical, non-criminal campaigning activities.
- § 393a – Strafprozessordnung
- Allgemeine Honorarskriterien
- Although each of the activists will have to pay over €35,000 for their legal defence, Section 393a of the Austrian criminal procedure code states that they shall receive no more than €1250 (i.e. about 3% of the costs) back if they are found not guilty.
What the experts say (German)
- Amnesty International
- Stellungnahme
- Interview mit Heinz Patzelt
- Der Standard
- Rechtsexperten kritisieren Mafia-Paragrafen
Media reports (German)
Below is a selection of articles and video reports reflecting the development of the case, taken from various German and Austrian media sources.
- 21/05/2008, ORF:
- Zahlreiche Tierschützer festgenommen
- 04/06/2008, Die Presse
- Entscheidung über U-Haft-Verlängerung am Freitag
- After two weeks of being imprisoned, the activists still didn't know what exactly they were supposed to have done. Martin Balluch was then still on hunger strike.
- 15/07/2008, Der Standard
- Die gläsernen Tierschützer
- Although the activists had been subject to massive spying action, the police were clearly unable to come up with real evidence.
- 02/08/2008, ARD
- Europamagazin (video)
- 29/08/2008, ORF
- Pressekonferenz Peter Pilz (video)
- Green MP Peter Pilz discloses minutes of the secret meeting between the fur-selling department store owners and the heads of the police.
- 02/09/2008, Die Presse
- Tierschützer enthaftet
- 22/10/2008, Wiener Zeitung
- Tierschützer bei OGH abgeblitzt
- The extreme police measures have been justified by the claimed damage of €600,000 caused by attacks on animal enterprises. But this article (4th paragraph) reveals that 70% of this sum was dismissed by the insurance company in charge.
- 16/04/2009, Österreich
- Skandal um Ermittlung gegen Tierschützer
- When doing investigations against the mafia, exceeding the budget is always a problem, but in this case, money has never been a topic.
- 18/05/2009, Der Standard
- Am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs
- Full access to the investigation files is still being denied to the accused activists despite court ruling that this is unacceptable.
- 09/09/2009, Die Presse
- Monsterverfahren gegen Tierschützer
- 15/12/2009, Der Standard
- Monsterprozess startet im März
- The trial is expected to last six months (at the time of writing this article, it was thought that only 10 activists would stand the trial).
- 01/02/2010, Die Presse
- Anklage gegen drei weitere Tierschützer
- 01/03/2010, Österreich
- Monster-Verfahren kostet uns 4,8 Millionen Euro
Media reports (English)
Unfortunately, there has only been a limited coverage of the case by English media.
- 30/05/2008, Austrian Times
- Prosecutors confused activists with mafia...
- 05/06/2008, The Guardian
- Who's being caged? (comment)
- 01/09/2008, Austrian Times
- Jailed AR campaigner to run for Greens
- 03/09/2008, Austrian Times
- Freed campaigner blasts 'biased' policing
More information (German/English)
- Pelzfarmen in Skandinavien (German)
- This is a documentary about animals on fur farms. The production of this film (i.e. filming the farms) is considered criminal by the Austrian prosecution (see above) and is now one of the reasons why Martin Balluch is facing up to 5 years in prison.
- Widerstand in der Demokratie (German)
- A book written by Martin Balluch, a double doctor and former science assistant at Cambridge University, explaining the rationale behind confrontational non-violent campaigning, which is now being criminalised in Austria.
- Antirep2008 (German/English)
- Verein gegen Tierfabriken (German/English)
- The two websites above provide more information about the case (as well as the Austrian animal protection movement in general).
- Tierschutzprozess.at (German)