Tag: Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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German government overthrows Jürgen Elsässer: Interior Minister bans far-right magazine “Compact”
“We simply want to overthrow the regime,” declared the founder of “Compact” last year. Nancy Faeser has therefore banned the publication under the law on associations. But there is also criticism. On Saturday, an alliance of anti-fascist groups mobilised once…
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Surveillance now banned in secrecy: German government takes a new approach towards parliament
The left-wing parliamentary group has published annual figures for stealth SMS and other surveillance measures based on parliamentary questions. The Social Democratic Ministry of the Interior is now putting an end to this. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has…
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Click, click, arrest! The use of facial recognition by police in Germany
The German police are not yet allowed to do everything when it comes to facial recognition. Where is the technology being used and for what purposes? The manhunt for suspected members of the former militant RAF (Red Army Faction) has…
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What did Bavaria’s secret service knew about plans for anti-Semitic double murder in 1980?
Prosecutors review new investigation into murder of Shlomo Levin and Frida Poeschke, as the secret service may have been aware of plans by the radical right-wing “Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann” to murder Shlomo Levin and Frida Poeschke 43 years ago. This is…
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Focus in Saxony: Germany-wide again significantly more right-wing extremist marches
Most recently, 400 people celebrated the attack on refugees at a demonstration in Sebnitz The political gatherings organized from the right-wing scene in Germany have tripled compared to the previous year. In the first half of 2022, 35 Nazi marches…
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Strike against Radio Dreyeckland: German police now know sources
With the search of the free radio station, authorities obtained large amounts of unencrypted data. The public prosecutor’s office also demanded that the web host hand over the IP addresses of all visitors. All those affected by the search of…