(Press) Acquittal for the Stattzeitung. Is July 20, 2026 a historic day for press freedom? Certainly not, because a judge with discernment is not exactly standard in the many proceedings against opposition media. In Ravensburg, however, law prevailed and an unjust verdict was overturned. That is remarkable and also significant. This can be understood as a blueprint that press freedom in Germany is not just a buzzword that a field‑forest‑and‑meadow court can shape as it pleases. Punishing the exercise of press freedom as coercion is not an expression of German jurisprudence. Rather, the stance of a public prosecutor openly stating what parts of the judiciary think and on what they judge, condemns. “He wanted to take pictures not only for his own sake,” the prosecutor in Biberach submitted the draft for the verdict. Faithfully … Read more: https://stattzeitung.net/artikel/presse-freispruch-fuer-die-stattzeitung
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