The organizers of a protest against Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have criticized the behaviour of the police after a left-wing politician says he was knocked unconscious. "The police's approach was scandalous,

Thousands gathered on Saturday in the German city of Riesa to protest against the conference of Germany's far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). The start of the AfD's party conference,

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) elected Alice Weidel, co-chair of the party, to be its candidate for the chancellorship during its congress in Riesa, Saxony this weekend. The congress started two hours late because access roads to the venue were blocked by those opposed to the extremist party.

Planned protests organized by an alliance of activists have begun ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) two-day party conference, which kicks off Saturday morning in the eastern German town of Riesa in Saxony.

Some 12,000 anti-fascist protesters last weekend fought running battles with police in the German town of Riesa, where the far right AfD party was holding a conference. Demonstrators were determined to stop the racist delegates from gathering, but the police used dogs, truncheons and pepper spray to ensure they did.

Scuffles erupted between protesters and police ahead of a party congress of Germany’s far-right AfD in Riesa on Saturday (). The police tried to remove protesters from the street to secure AfD delegates access to the congress venue.

The AfD has also been buoyed by events in Austria in recent days, where the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) has been invited to try to form a government with the conservative People's Party (OeVP). So far all of Germany's other parties,