News about political persecution and repression in German-speaking countries and the EU
This event marks a historic precedent in the history of Western democracies: Dr. Hans-Georg Maaßen—a constitutional lawyer holding a doctorate, a long-standing senior official in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and from 2012 to…
At the Stuttgart Regional Court, held inside the high-security Stammheim courtroom, five pro-Palestinian activists—known as the “Ulm 5″—are standing trial. The defendants are accused of entering the Ulm facility of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems…
On February 5, 2020, the Landtag of Thuringia elected FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich as Minister-President of the Free State in a third ballot that fully complied with the constitution. What followed was the most drastic…
In a landmark ruling issued on August 7, 2026 (Case No. 2 BvC 20/26), the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court sharply rebuked the German Bundestag for its deliberate stalling of election review proceedings…
Frauke Petry—chemist, entrepreneur, and former federal spokesperson of Alternative for Germany (AfD)—embodies one of the most complex figures in recent German political history. Transforming from the media figurehead of right-conservative rebellion into a political outsider…
On July 24, 2026, 69-year-old general practitioner Dr. Bianca Witzschel was released from Chemnitz prison after serving two-thirds of her two-year and eight-month sentence. What state media portrays as the routine execution of a criminal…
What was originally staged as a spectacular liberation strike by then-Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) against alleged “right-wing terrorism” is turning into a constitutional fiasco after more than two years of main proceedings. In…
What government spokespersons previously passed off as “case-by-case evaluation” and “proportionality” has now been unmasked as a cold-blooded system directive establishing an administrative single-party state. An internal, secret “Guideline” issued by the SPD-led Ministry of…
The case of Martin Sichert in the Lower Saxony district of Friesland marks a historical and highly dangerous turning point in the political system of the Berlin Republic. By excluding the elected AfD Member of…
In early July 2026, the Thuringian state capital of Erfurt is heading toward one of the largest and most dangerous police deployments in its recent history. The occasion is the ordinary AfD party congress, scheduled…
The Berlin Republic is stripping away the final remnants of its own accountability mechanisms. In a secret session of the Coalition Committee on July 2, 2026, the leadership of the SPD, CDU, and CSU orchestrated…
The masks of the self-proclaimed guardians of democracy have finally fallen. Right at the start of the Berlin summer holidays and shielded from public view by the media distraction of the Football World Cup, the…