Tag: Germany
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Right-wing offences in Germany remain at all-time high: Anti-Muslim offences triple, anti-Semitic double
Every day, an average of nine people become victims of right-wing, racist or anti-Semitic violence in Germany. However, the Federal Criminal Police Office counts fewer cases. Independent advisory centres criticise this as a “serious underreporting”. The German Federal Criminal Police…
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Momentum in Hungary, stubbornness in Germany: News on the Antifa trial in Budapest
Two activists from Germany are also threatened with extradition to Hungary for alleged attacks on neo-Nazis. Several lawyers’ associations are warning against this and citing good reasons. Last week, the Court of Appeal in Budapest ruled that the Italian left-wing…
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Refusal of entry for Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful: German Police must lift his Schengen ban immediately
Internet postings do not justify an entry ban to the Schengen area. The British-Palestinian doctor Abu-Sittah should be silenced, criticises his lawyer. The Potsdam Administrative Court has ruled in summary proceedings that an entry ban issued by the Federal Police…
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First combat drone comes to Germany: The Israeli “Heron TP” may also fly in civilian airspace
The German Air Force has put its drone airfield in Jagel into operation. A key partner is the German defence division of Airbus. Domestic missions are also possible. On 12 April 2005, the then acting Defence Minister Peter Struck (“Social…