Tag: Bundestag
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Despite ongoing proceedings: Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas faces rushed deportation to Turkey
Mehmet Çakas is to be deported to Turkey before serving his German prison sentence – even though criminal proceedings are ongoing against him there. This would be a precedent case. The Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas is to be deported to…
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‘So that attention does not diminish’: Members from three German parties visit Maja T. in Hungarian custody
Three members of the Bundestag visited anti-fascist Maja T., who is being held in Hungary. They are calling for a political reappraisal and her return to Germany. An inter-party delegation of three members of the German Bundestag – Sebastian Roloff…
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Bundeswehr buys more huge strike drones from Israel and transfers training to Germany
The German Luftwaffe is aquiring three more Israeli long-range drones, with a total of six then being stationed in Schleswig-Holstein. Israel’s wars in Gaza and Iran make training for German crews more difficult. The German Armed Forces are apparently planning…
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Ripping off refugees: German federal state wants jewellery from asylum seekers
The German Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act allows applicants to be deprived of funds in excess of €200. Baden-Württemberg wants to extend this and is modelling itself on Denmark. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Justice wants to focus more on deterrent measures…
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Right-wing extremist offences are at a record high in Germany: 2024 was a ‘baseball bat year’
The number of right-wing crimes rose by a sixth in 2024 – not including December. Government policy has failed, criticises the Left Group in the Bundestag. In 2001, the German Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Police Office) introduced the ‘Criminal Police Reporting…
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Germany does not investigate deaths of its citizens despite Israel’s crimes under international law
Several Germans were killed by Israel in Gaza. Even though these are criminal offences, the German government does not want to prosecute them. International lawyers and the Left Party group in the Bundestag are criticising this. Since the attack by…