{"id":1529340,"date":"2025-04-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1529340"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:00:00","slug":"german-news-editor-convicted-for-satirical-photo-montage-of-far-left-interior-minister-given-7-month-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/german-news-editor-convicted-for-satirical-photo-montage-of-far-left-interior-minister-given-7-month-probation\/1529340\/","title":{"rendered":"German News Editor Convicted For Satirical Photo Montage Of Far-Left Interior Minister, Given 7-Month Probation"},"content":{"rendered":"

German News Editor Convicted For Satirical Photo Montage Of Far-Left Interior Minister, Given 7-Month Probation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via Remix News,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In a sign of deteriorating levels of freedom of speech and attacks on the press, a German court has slapped the editor-in-chief of Deutschland Kurier, David Bendels, with seven months probation,<\/strong>\u00a0according to the newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Bamberg District Court found that a satirical photo montage about Federal Minister Nancy Faeser to be an instance of \u201cdefamation against political figures,\u201d<\/strong> under Paragraph 188 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).<\/p>\n

The photomontage was shared in Bendel\u2019s newspaper, and she is seen holding up a sign that reads:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate freedom of expression.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ich bin der Meinung, dass man der Meinung sein k\u00f6nnen MUSS, dass Frau Faeser die Meinungsfreiheit hasst. Und wenn sie sowas anzeigt und man dann daf\u00fcr 7 Monate Gef\u00e4ngnis bekommt- ist es keine Meinung mehr. Sondern offenbar eine verifizierte Tatsache. pic.twitter.com\/oHXJFcaQQF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Beatrix von Storch (@Beatrix_vStorch) April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The satirical creation was based on a real photo of Faeser where she was holding a \u201cWe Remember\u201d sign to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Politicians are also chiming in with their opinion on the verdict. AfD MP Beatrix von Storch write on X: \u201cI believe that one MUST be able to believe that Ms. Faeser hates freedom of speech. And if she reports something like that and then gets sentenced to seven months in prison, it\u2019s no longer an opinion. It\u2019s apparently a verified fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Faeser\u2019s most controversial statements during her term of interior minister was: \u201cThose who mock the state must be dealt with by a strong state.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> It appears with this verdict, she is sending exactly that message.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea These are harrowing words from far left German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.<\/p>\n

The SPD politician is pushing to introduce 13 new measures to clamp on “right-wing extremists,” but these “extremists” will inevitably be the rival anti-immigration @AfD<\/a> party.<\/p>\n

She is demanding a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/oAxIv2Nu81<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) February 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Faeser actually filed the criminal complaint herself, which is part of a general trend of German politicians filing criminal complaints against citizens for \u201cinsults\u201d and \u201cmemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conviction is especially shocking in terms of how satire is produced in Germany, with satirical magazine Titanik filling every issue with harsh and offensive content mocking politicians, especially those from the right. Late-night hosts like Jan B\u00f6hmermann are equally harsh towards the right, yet suffer no such consequences. The Cologne Carnival also features incredibly offensive floats, including those targeting AfD\u2019s Alice Weidel.<\/p>\n

NEW – Alice Weidel, leader of the German AfD party, will be presented tomorrow on a carnival float in D\u00fcsseldorf as a “swastika witch” with a wart on her nose who seduces first-time voters. pic.twitter.com\/CardGpN7ZK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The editor, Bendel, says that he and his newspaper, Deutschland Kurier, \u201cwill not accept this verdict\u201d and will \u201cfight it with all legal means at their disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddeaBREAKING:<\/p>\n

The German police state has formally arrived.<\/p>\n

Incredible backlash after Germany’s far-left Interior Minister Nancy Faeser uses Stasi methods and unilaterally bans Compact Magazine and orders police to raid the private homes of the publisher and employees with over\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/8Mgf08LKb0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

He said they will \u201ccontinue the just fight for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, which is indispensable for the continued existence of democracy in Germany, with determination, stability and the utmost consistency.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Bamberg District Court issued three ruling against Bendels, including for the Faeser picture. In total, he received fines that he must pay over the course of 480 days for three separate cases. He is now ordered to also apologize to Faeser. He has appealed all of the verdicts.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Extraordinary scenes in Germany as police raid the home of J\u00fcrgen Els\u00e4sser, the publisher of the right-wing Compact Magazine, and remove various belongings from his residence outside Berlin.<\/p>\n

Germany’s interior minister has placed a blanket ban on the entire publication.<\/p>\n

It\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KsV03IbbSs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more here…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 04\/09\/2025 – 02:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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