#ulm 5

The Ulm 5 is a group of political prisoners in Germany. They have been in pre-trial detention since September 2025, for civil disobedience and direct action against Elbit systems which is financing and supplying the Gaza genocide.

Vi Kovarbasic (second on the right with the keffiyeh over their shoulders) turned 30 today, July 24th. My cousin is a fantastic and passionate person and I'm so proud of them for standing up to what is right despite suffering for it. I'm heartbroken that they celebrated in handcuffs in a show trial, but at least people there showed their love.

It's not much, but if people wanted to take time out of their day to send an online letter? It MUST be in German or it won't get sent. Simply: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Vi !

Even better, if you can support their legal fees or even just bring attention to the cause, you can find all the info on the website linked above.

Understanding Lennon/McCartney pt 5: Never Apart  A painful and thought-provoking story about erasure.

The Irish State intervened with German authorities over the use of a glass enclosure in the trial of an Irish man and four other activists known collectively as the ‘Ulm 5′, defence lawyers have claimed. Speaking at a press conference in the European Parliament in Brussels today, lawyers and family members of the five pro-Palestinian activists alleged that their clients have been subjected to conditions that violate their rights under European law. The group, which is made up of activists from Ireland, the UK, Germany and Spain, are on trial in Stuttgart over a break-in at an Elbit Systems facility in Ulm in September 2025. Videos posted online after the incident showed activists spray-painting slogans on the site and accusing Germany of facilitating Israel’s military actions in Gaza. If convicted, the defendants face prison sentences of up to five years. German prosecutors have alleged that the group caused around €1 million worth of damage and are pursuing charges linked to membership of a criminal organisation. The five have been held in pre-trial detention since their arrests. During today’s press conference, Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan asked whether EU member states had intervened on behalf of their citizens given the conditions being described by lawyers and family members. Mathes Breuer, a German defence lawyer representing Spanish defendant Leandra Rollo Valenzuela, said there had been limited diplomatic engagement. “I can say that there was an intervention by the Irish state regarding this glass cage,” Breuer said. “There has been connection, small talk, with Leandra, my client, with the Spanish consulate, but so far I think that’s about it.” Breuer alleged that the trial conditions breach both the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law.

Le procès de cinq militants propalestiniens, connu sous le nom des « Ulm 5 », suscite une vive controverse en Allemagne. Accusés d’appartenance à une organisation criminelle et de destruction de biens pour un million d’euros dans les locaux d’Elbit Systems, un fabricant d’armes israélien, ils comparaissent devant un tribunal de Stuttgart. L’affaire, qui touche à la liberté d’expression et à la…