What Happened in Case 3
After the verdict of 22.07.2024, Bagrash was denied contact with the Jewish community for 116 days — despite the law expressly guaranteeing this right on a par with the right to communicate with defence counsel.
Key fact: In September 2024 VRiLG Groß and OStA Wachs learned through LKA surveillance that Bagrash was attempting, through the Jewish community, to find lawyers to initiate proceedings against OStA Wachs. From that point on, all attempts to contact the community were suppressed.
28.11.2024 — access restored on the last day of the appeal deadline: After 116 days and 34 applications, the community's telephone number was unblocked on precisely the day when the deadline for filing the grounds of appeal expired.
Legal Norms Violated
Art. 4 GG (freedom of religion), Art. 9 ECHR (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), § 148 StPO (unrestricted communication with defence counsel and religious organisations), § 119 Abs. 4 Nr. 18 StPO (equal status of defence counsel and religious organisation)