{"id":2497,"guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esn.gipfelstuermer-hosting-3.de\/?p=2497"},"slug":"bua-don-tsaoirse-cainte-fuascailt-do-dhaivi-bendels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/","title":{"rendered":"Bua don Saoirse Cainte: Faoiseamh do David Bendels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inniu, d'fhuascail C\u00fairt R\u00e9igi\u00fanach Bamberg \u00e9 sa dara hinstins.<\/p>\n<p>Rinne Mary Khan, FPE de Ghr\u00fapa ESN, an m\u00e9id seo a leanas a r\u00e1:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00d3n t\u00fas b\u00e1ire, ba i bhfad n\u00edos m\u00f3 an c\u00e1s seo n\u00e1 d\u00edosp\u00f3id dhl\u00edthi\u00fail faoi mheim amh\u00e1in. C\u00e1s comhartha polaiti\u00fail a bh\u00ed ann a l\u00e9irigh go neamhthr\u00f3caireach c\u00e9 chomh leochaileach is at\u00e1 saoirse cainte agus saoirse an phreasa anois, nuair a fhreagra\u00edtear n\u00edos m\u00f3 agus n\u00edos m\u00f3 ar ch\u00e1ineadh ar an rialtas le dl\u00ed coiri\u00fail. Criminal\u00edodh saothar par\u00f3ideach\u2014a bh\u00ed i gcro\u00edl\u00e1r na d\u00edosp\u00f3ireachta daonlatha\u00ed le fada an l\u00e1. D\u00e1 bhr\u00ed sin, t\u00e1 Alt 188 den StGB ag iomp\u00fa n\u00edos m\u00f3 agus n\u00edos m\u00f3 ina uirlis imeagl\u00fach\u00e1in i gcoinne gutha m\u00edchompordacha agus iriseoireachta critici\u00fala. Is c\u00e9im a bh\u00ed dlite le fada an l\u00e1 \u00e9 go bhfuil an rial\u00fa scannalach seo curtha ar ceal anois.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chuir an FPE Petra Steger, at\u00e1 d\u00edrithe ar an tsaoirse, f\u00e1ilte shoil\u00e9ir freisin roimh an nglanadh:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs bua \u00e9 an t-umhla\u00edocht inniu don r\u00e9as\u00fan thar an hipir\u00edogaireacht pholaiti\u00fail. Nuair a thugtar iriseoir\u00ed os comhair na gc\u00fairteanna as c\u00e1ineadh g\u00e9ar, scigphicti\u00fail a dh\u00e9anamh ar chomhalta\u00ed an rialtais, n\u00ed chosna\u00edtear an daonlathas\u2014d\u00e9antar dochar d\u00f3. Caithfidh socha\u00ed shaor a bheith in ann cur suas le c\u00e1ineadh, le \u00e1ibh\u00e9il, agus fi\u00fa le gr\u00edos\u00fa, go h\u00e1irithe nuair a bh\u00edonn s\u00e9 d\u00edrithe orthu si\u00fad at\u00e1 i gcumhacht.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thug Steger rabhadh freisin faoi threocht chont\u00fairteach maidir leis an gcaoi a gcaitear le me\u00e1in at\u00e1 g\u00e9archr\u00edtici\u00fail ar an rialtas:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs \u00fadar m\u00f3r imn\u00ed \u00e9 go mb\u00edonn tionchar ag imeachta\u00ed den s\u00f3rt sin beagnach go hioml\u00e1n ar iriseoir\u00ed critici\u00fala nach ng\u00e9illeann don l\u00edne. N\u00ed fh\u00e9adfar an dl\u00ed coiri\u00fail a mh\u00ed-\u00fas\u00e1id cho\u00edche chun \u00fadar\u00e1s polaiti\u00fail a chosaint ar magadh, ar ch\u00e1ineadh, n\u00f3 ar ghrinnscr\u00fad\u00fa poibl\u00ed. Cuireann siad si\u00fad a dh\u00e9anann coirpeachas den satar an bealach r\u00e9idh don chinsireacht.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mar fhocal scoir, leag Mary Khan b\u00e9im ar:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN\u00ed hamh\u00e1in gur \u00e9acht pearsanta \u00e9 breithi\u00fanas an lae inniu do David Bendels, ach is comhartha t\u00e1bhachtach \u00e9 freisin do gach iriseoir agus saor\u00e1nach san Eoraip. N\u00ed pribhl\u00e9id \u00ed saoirse cainte a bhronnann an st\u00e1t, ach ceart bun\u00fasach do-aistrithe. M\u00e1 fhaigheann an tsaoirse cainte b\u00e1s, faigheann an tsaoirse, an daonlathas, agus smacht an dl\u00ed b\u00e1s l\u00e9i.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Bamberg Regional Court acquitted him at second instance. ESN Group MEP Mary Khan commented: \u201cThis case was, from the very beginning, far more than a legal dispute over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"esn_date_approx":true,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-affairs","tag-press-release"],"acf":{"activity_type":"","activity_location":"","related_mep":null,"news_location":"","news_byline":"ESN Group Press Office","news_readtime":"2 min read","news_intro":"In April, journalist David Bendels, editor-in-chief of the Deutschland-Kurier, was sentenced at first instance to seven months\u2019 imprisonment suspended on probation. The proceedings were triggered by a satirical meme referring to Nancy Faeser, which the court classified as criminal defamation under Section 188 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).","news_photo":2498,"news_photo_caption":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Acquittal of David Bendels in Bamberg - ESN Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ESN MEP Mary Khan welcomes the acquittal of David Bendels by the Bamberg Regional Court and criticises Section 188 StGB as a tool against critical voices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/bua-don-tsaoirse-cainte-fuascailt-do-dhaivi-bendels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ESN MEP Mary Khan welcomes the acquittal of David Bendels by the Bamberg Regional Court and criticises Section 188 StGB as a tool against critical voices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/bua-don-tsaoirse-cainte-fuascailt-do-dhaivi-bendels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ESN Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"515\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"198\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":300,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Press Release\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Institutional Affairs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acquittal of David Bendels in Bamberg - ESN Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"ESN MEP Mary Khan welcomes the acquittal of David Bendels by the Bamberg Regional Court and criticises Section 188 StGB as a tool against critical voices.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp\",\"width\":515,\"height\":198},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/\",\"name\":\"ESN Group\",\"description\":\"Europe of Sovereign Nations \u2014 Group in the European Parliament\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ESN Group\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/esn-logo-bildmarke-dunkelblau.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/esn-logo-bildmarke-dunkelblau.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"ESN Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/esn-group.eu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Faoiseamh David Bendels i mBamberg - Gr\u00fapa ESN","description":"F\u00e1ilt\u00edonn FPE ESN Mary Khan roimh an gcleachtadh a thug C\u00fairt R\u00e9igi\u00fanach Bamberg do David Bendels agus c\u00e1ineann s\u00ed Alt 188 den StGB mar uirlis in aghaidh gutha critici\u00fala.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/bua-don-tsaoirse-cainte-fuascailt-do-dhaivi-bendels\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels","og_description":"ESN MEP Mary Khan welcomes the acquittal of David Bendels by the Bamberg Regional Court and criticises Section 188 StGB as a tool against critical voices.","og_url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/bua-don-tsaoirse-cainte-fuascailt-do-dhaivi-bendels\/","og_site_name":"ESN Group","article_published_time":"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":515,"height":198,"url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels","datePublished":"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/"},"wordCount":300,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp","keywords":["Press Release"],"articleSection":["Institutional Affairs"],"inLanguage":"ga"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/","url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/","name":"Faoiseamh David Bendels i mBamberg - Gr\u00fapa ESN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp","datePublished":"2026-01-04T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-09T07:38:58+00:00","description":"F\u00e1ilt\u00edonn FPE ESN Mary Khan roimh an gcleachtadh a thug C\u00fairt R\u00e9igi\u00fanach Bamberg do David Bendels agus c\u00e1ineann s\u00ed Alt 188 den StGB mar uirlis in aghaidh gutha critici\u00fala.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot2026-01-20143029-5o0ud.webp","width":515,"height":198},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/victory-for-freedom-of-expression-acquittal-for-david-bendels\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Victory for Freedom of Expression: Acquittal for David Bendels"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/","name":"Gr\u00fapa ESN","description":"Europe of Sovereign Nations \u2014 Gr\u00fapa i bParlaimint na hEorpa","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#organization","name":"Gr\u00fapa ESN","url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga","@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esn-logo-bildmarke-dunkelblau.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/esn-logo-bildmarke-dunkelblau.png","width":1080,"height":1080,"caption":"ESN Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2887,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/2887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}