News about political persecution and repression in German-speaking countries and the EU
A brutal attack on the AfD state parliament member Michael Meister in northeastern Germany reveals a dangerous dynamic: while state security police investigate an attempted homicide and the trail leads to the sabotage of the…
A few days ago, American author and civil rights activist Leland Lehrman published an extensive dossier on the case of German-American attorney Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. The detailed document spans numerous pages, references a multitude of…
German criminal law is built upon an immutable principle that stands as a foundational pillar of any true constitutional state: the presumption of innocence. As long as no legally binding verdict has been reached, an…
Historically, political debate in Germany was characterized by sharp polemics, biting satire, and robust vocabulary. Anyone entering the federal political arena knew they needed thick skin—that was the unwritten rule of a vibrant democracy. However,…
The debate over protecting unborn life was once considered the foundation of a morally conscious and pluralistic society in the old West German Republic. Churches, citizen initiatives, and devout Christians were permitted—and expected—to act as…
In theory, the Berlin Republic claims to be a bastion of free expression, where state-owned and state-affiliated enterprises are strictly bound by constitutional law. In the reality of 2026, however, a drastically different picture emerges:…
In the contemporary Berlin Republic, the boundaries of permissible public debate are shrinking at an unprecedented pace. While democratic societies traditionally thrived on open scientific discourse and conflicting hypotheses, a new form of state-sanctioned dogmatism…
The arrest and ongoing detention of attorney Dr. Reiner Fuellmich have become a symbol of how the German judiciary deals with prominent critics of the state’s measures. From the perspective of many observers, the proceedings…
The relentless efforts of the political establishment in Germany to silence the parliamentary opposition via intelligence stigmatization, criminal prosecution, and party ban proceedings have now drawn the highest level of international scrutiny. In a milestone…
When the power structure of a technocratic elite trembles in the physical world, the battle for narrative hegemony increasingly shifts to the digital sphere. Hardly any other regulatory tool in the West is currently pursuing…
The good citizen pays taxes, separates their waste, respects pedestrian crossings, and obeys the law. For a long time, this was the classic division of labor within a free constitutional state. The state enacts rules…
In totalitarian and authoritarian systems of German history, such as the GDR, it was always a core task of the state-aligned intelligentsia and artist community to emotionally charge the ideological mandates of the rulers and…