Tag: Germany
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Germany: “Knife experts” of police and media under fire
Right-wing politicians and the media work with questionable statistics on knives as a means of committing crimes. The Federal Criminal Police Office will not publish valid figures until this year. For more than two years, the right-wing extremist AfD party…
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Sea-Watch flies again: Flight bans by Libya contrary to international law
After a ten-month break, the “Seabird 2” is back over the central Mediterranean. With this aircraft, the pilots detect sea emergencies and notify nearby ships for rescue. The sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch has resumed its aerial reconnaissance over the central…
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Another police unit for French-German migration defence
A joint Franco-German police force will be deployed to sporting events, protests and against “migration flows”. Another unit undermines Germany’s principle of separation between the police and the military. Germany and France want to strengthen their cooperation against “migration flows”.…
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Use of Spanish spyware in Germany illegal, Bundestag report says
Spain’s secret service is probably also spying abroad with “Pegasus”. Attacks may have been made in Germany on the former regional president of Catalonia and his Chilean-German lawyer. On 25 March 2018, former regional president of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont was…