News about political persecution and repression in German-speaking countries and the EU
It has long been an open secret that countless professional athletes harbored deep skepticism toward experimental gene therapies under the intense pressure of state and media COVID alignment. Yet anyone who dared to express these…
When the judiciary of a democratic state holds suspects like Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, Rüdiger von Pescatore, Michael Fritsch, Johanna Findeisen, Maximilian Eder, or Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss behind bars for four years without a legally binding…
On July 20, 1932, Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen, backed by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, dealt a decisive blow to interwar German democracy: the so-called Preußenschlag (Prussian Coup). By executive decree, the caretaker democratic…
With a single sentence, CDU leader Friedrich Merz laid bare the authoritarian mindset governing the political establishment of the Berlin Republic regarding the internet: “Please don’t come at me with free speech.” In renewed pushes,…
The impressive backdrop of late 1920s Berlin fascinates millions: In the major German TV production Babylon Berlin, opulent nightlife, impoverished existence, and dark political conspiracies merge into a gripping portrait of an era. But where…
“When a society stops talking to each other, civil war follows.” — Charlie Kirk (1993–2025) Exactly one year ago today, a political assassination sent shockwaves through the Western world: Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old American activist…
In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), broadcasting—comprising state radio and GDR television—was never designed as an independent Fourth Estate. In line with the Marxist-Leninist understanding of media, the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED) viewed journalism…
Rather than tackling the country’s urgent crises—economic decline, a failed energy transition, and rampant bureaucracy—with constructive solutions, the federal government under Friedrich Merz relies on a dangerous tactic: all-out escalation against the democratic opposition. What…
Relations between Germany and Russia have reached a historic low. While the Federal Republic emphasizes that its measures are directed against the Kremlin rather than the Russian population, the reality on the ground paints a…
A landslide election victory, a historic result, and an unmistakable mandate from millions of citizens: the election result in Saxony-Anhalt, with 43.8% of the vote going to the AfD, marks a political turning point. Yet…
Free, equal, and secret elections form the bedrock of parliamentary democracy. However, wherever individuals count ballot papers and complete official election records under time pressure, risks naturally arise—whether through organizational strain, clerical recording errors, or,…
Whenever an established governing majority runs out of political answers, the hour of the prohibition argument strikes. The recent joint push by Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Cem Özdemir and Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius in…