A recent report from the Brandenburg Verfassungsschutz (Office for the Protection of the Constitution), leaked to the media outlet NIUS, has revealed that among the reasons for classifying Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) as “an organization with confirmed extremist objectives” is a suggestion made on social media in 2021 to establish a “day of remembrance” for all women raped or murdered by migrants.
The document classifies the proposal made by Anna Leisten, then leader of the AfD youth branch in Brandenburg, as an “attack on human dignity,” and is listed in the section on “violations of human dignity” alongside other statements made by the party’s regional leaders. Leisten wrote: “Today is the day of the ‘sea rescuers.’ How about having a day in memory of all the women and girls murdered or raped by so-called asylum seekers?”
The 142-page report analyzes AfD’s ideological evolution in Brandenburg since 2019. It concludes that the party has removed any positive reference to immigration or integration, focusing on the “cultural incompatibility” of certain groups with German society—which, apparently, is still anathema in Germany.
Labeling this comment as an attack on human dignity has drawn ire among sectors critical of the increasingly expansive interpretation by German intelligence services of the concept. The AfD argues that this is a clear example of “political persecution of the opposition” and denounces that, under the pretext of constitutional protection, the authorities seek to silence any message that questions the official migration policy.
AfD’s classification in Brandenburg as “extremist” is currently suspended by court order, after the party filed an appeal against the decision. The case adds to the broader dispute at the federal level, where the Verfassungsschutz has also attempted to elevate AfD’s status to “extremist” on similar grounds.
At its core, the issue goes beyond AfD. The question being raised is to what extent it is legitimate for an intelligence body to determine that a call to remember victims of crimes, when the perpetrators belong to a specific group—in this case, migrants—constitutes a violation of human dignity. The Brandenburg case could set a legal and political precedent in Germany. If the courts agree that this commemorative proposal is, in itself, extremist, it will reinforce the role of the Verfassungsschutz as the arbiter of the limits of political speech.
The controversy is yet another example of the German establishment, dominated by the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats, trying the impossible to justify banning the AfD, the only party capable of growing in the polls.
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