Keyword: Freedom of the press

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.

Press release: Administrative Court of Stade strengthens the rights of journalists – Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office loses case due to years of unlawful data storage

In a judgment dated April 28, 2022 (Case No.: 10 A 553/19), published on July 11, 2022, the Administrative Court of Stade strengthened the rights of specialist journalists who publish on right-wing extremism and are unjustly subjected to criminal charges for defamation, etc. The judgment…