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Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar threatened with Interpol red notice

2 October 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

RSF reiterates its call for an urgent overhaul of Interpol because of the growing tendency for it to be exploited by repressive governments such as Turkey's.

Impunity Germany Attacks

German parliament backs RSF initiative

Germany's parliament has put its weight behind Reporters Without Borders' initiative for the creation of a United Nations Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists, the first parliament worldwide to do so.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎25 June 2017

Germany Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Fighting back against the criminalisation of German whistleblowers

An alliance of German civil rights organisations, journalists and bloggers lodges an appeal against a new law that criminalises handling leaked data.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎23 January 2017

France Germany Digital Rights Censorship Bahrain

A letter to France and Germany from an imprisoned Bahraini activist

"France and Germany, it's time to assert your values", stresses Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab, currently on trial for criticising the Saudi bombing of Yemen and exposing torture in Bahrain's prisons.

‎ Human Rights Watch‎ 8 January 2017

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Germany wants to spy on your newsrooms

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 26 September 2016
Protect foreign journalists from Germany's state spying

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Germany 4 August 2016
German government approves request from Turkey to prosecute satirist

‎ International Press Institute

Germany Turkey 15 April 2016
Germany must investigate detention of Egyptian journalist Ahmed Mansour

‎ Human Rights Watch

Egypt Germany Free Expression & the Law 26 June 2015
Draft law could restrict protection of confidential sources, information in the public interest

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 28 May 2015
Merkel should press Aliyev to free human rights defenders in Azerbaijan

‎ Human Rights Watch

Azerbaijan Germany Censorship Free Expression & the Law 20 January 2015
Neo-Nazis suspected in torching of journalist's car in Germany

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Germany 6 January 2015
German OECD National Contact Point unwilling to investigate role of German company in human rights violations in Bahrain

‎ Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Privacy International, Reporters Without Borders

International Germany Digital Rights Bahrain 21 December 2013
Further rights reform needed in Kyrgyzstan as violations persist

‎ Human Rights Watch

Germany Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 11 December 2012
Russia: Putin's Visit to Germany, France Needs Rights Focus

‎ Human Rights Watch

Syria France Russia United States Germany 30 May 2012
Journalists threatened by Salafist group

‎ International Press Institute

Germany 17 April 2012
Turkish newspaper's Europe offices attacked

‎ International Press Institute

Germany France Turkey 17 February 2012
Make rights key to good relations, says Human Rights Watch

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Germany Censorship Kazakhstan 6 February 2012
President pressures "Bild" to kill story

‎ International Press Institute

Germany 4 January 2012
Greek criminal case against German journalists sparks concern

‎ International Press Institute

Germany Greece 17 November 2011
Proposed sale of tanks to repressive regime sends wrong signal, says Human Rights Watch

‎ Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia Germany 11 July 2011
IFJ hails ruling on data retention law as victory for press freedom

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany 3 March 2010
IFJ condemns political interference to remove TV chief

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany 27 November 2009
Allegations of political interference loom over public broadcaster

‎ International Press Institute

Germany 26 November 2009
More German journalists join battle to protect confidentiality of sources

‎ International Press Institute

Germany 27 April 2009
World Report 2009: Germany

‎ Human Rights Watch

Germany 22 January 2009
PARLIAMENT DEFEATS ANTI-TERRORISM LAW

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Germany 3 December 2008
Parliament defeats anti-terrorism law that would have required journalists to reveal their research material and sources

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany 28 November 2008
IFJ condemns increasing surveillance of journalists and trade unions

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany 26 November 2008
German Football Federation launches attack against investigative journalist

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Germany 18 November 2008
IPI concerned at draft legal amendments that threaten protection of sources

‎ International Press Institute

Germany 3 October 2008

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