From the perspective of the already filed private prosecution in a potential criminal trial against a 17-year-old suspect for a life-threatening stab wound inflicted on a 23-year-old man from Göttingen on the night of June 20-21, 2026, in Göttingen, the investigations currently stand as follows…
Category: Press Releases
Clarification regarding statements by the public prosecutor's office concerning an attempted interrogation of the 23-year-old man from Göttingen who was seriously injured with a knife last weekend
The reporting in the Göttinger Tageblatt about the attempted DNA sampling, forensic examination, and interrogation of the 23-year-old Göttingen resident who was seriously injured with a knife on the night of June 20th to 21st requires clarification: The man was already..
PM: Weimer caves in – BKM issues a statement terminating the proceedings
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, June 3, 2026. In the proceedings brought by the Berlin bookstore "Zur schwankenden Weltkugel" against the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer has declared to the Berlin Administrative Court that there is no objection to the Berlin Administrative Court's preliminary injunction…
PM: Did the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) misinform Parliament?
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, May 11, 2026. The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group submitted a minor interpellation to the Federal Government regarding the bookstore prize scandal. The response has now been received – and it raises new questions for the lawyers representing the affected bookstores…
Berlin Administrative Court: Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media may not describe Berlin bookstore as "political extremists"
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, April 30, 2026. By order of the Berlin Administrative Court, the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) was ordered to refrain from describing the operators of the "Bookstore of the Wavering Globe" as "political extremists." The case concerned a corresponding statement by…
PM: Following interview statements: Minister of State for Culture Dr. Weimer refuses to issue a cease-and-desist declaration / Urgent application filed with the Berlin Administrative Court
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 24, 2026. The authorized representative of the bookstore "Zur schwankenden Weltkugel" (To the Wavering Globe), attorney Dr. Jasper Prigge, filed an urgent application yesterday evening with the Berlin Administrative Court. He seeks to prohibit the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media from publicly naming the bookstore and its operators…
PM: Warning against BKM: Bookstore takes legal action against interview statements by the Minister of State for Culture and a Freedom of Information Act request has been filed regarding internal official procedures
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 19, 2026. The statement by Minister of State for Culture Weimer in Die Zeit on March 18, 2026, that the three bookstores excluded from the German Bookstore Prize were "political extremists," has now had legal consequences. The bookstore "Zur Schwankenden Weltkugel" from Berlin…
Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media lied to bookstores – Two of the excluded bookstores were slated for a special prize – Lawsuits have been filed – Fundraising campaign launched for the bookstores
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 11, 2026. The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) actively misled the three bookstores excluded from the German Bookstore Prize. An email sent by the BKM to the bookstores on February 10, 2026, states: “Unfortunately, I must inform you…”
Bookstores announce legal action against the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 5, 2026. The German Bookstore Prize is awarded annually to over one hundred bookstores. A jury of experts from the book industry, which changes annually, decides which bookstore will be honored with the prize after reviewing the application materials. The signing off on the list of nominees…
Press Release: Seven years of delayed criminal proceedings after neo-Nazi attack on journalists in Fretterode: The rule of law undermines the protection of journalists and press freedom
More than seven and a half years after the serious attack by neo-Nazis on two journalists in Fretterode (Thuringia) in April 2018, the appeal trial against two neo-Nazis from the Mühlhausen Regional Court begins two days before Christmas on Monday, December 22, 2025.
