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German state seeks to scrap lese majeste law even faster
Source: Deutsche Welle
German state seeks to scrap lese majeste law even faster
Date 20.04.2016
Author Darko Janjevic (with epd, AFP, dpa)
Politicians in Germany are preparing a motion which might protect German satirist Böhmermann, after Ankara filed a defamation suit against him. Meanwhile, fellow satirist Dieter Nuhr defended Erdogan's right to sue.
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is seeking an initiative to scrap the German lese majeste law faster than currently planned, the state's justice minister, Thomas Kutschaty, told the German daily "Rheinische Post."
The law, which forbids defamation of foreign heads of state, is in the center of the widely publicized scandal surrounding comedian Jan Böhmermann and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan's lawsuit against Böhmermann has sparked a fierce debate on freedom of speech in Germany, and put pressure on the federal government to change the law. According to Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, this would not happen before 2018.
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Date 20.04.2016
Author Darko Janjevic (with epd, AFP, dpa)
Politicians in Germany are preparing a motion which might protect German satirist Böhmermann, after Ankara filed a defamation suit against him. Meanwhile, fellow satirist Dieter Nuhr defended Erdogan's right to sue.
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is seeking an initiative to scrap the German lese majeste law faster than currently planned, the state's justice minister, Thomas Kutschaty, told the German daily "Rheinische Post."
The law, which forbids defamation of foreign heads of state, is in the center of the widely publicized scandal surrounding comedian Jan Böhmermann and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan's lawsuit against Böhmermann has sparked a fierce debate on freedom of speech in Germany, and put pressure on the federal government to change the law. According to Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, this would not happen before 2018.
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Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/german-state-seeks-to-scrap-lese-majeste-law-even-faster/a-19201813
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