Illum, il-Qorti Re\u0121jonali ta' Bamberg \u0127elsitu fit-tieni istanza.<\/p>\n
Il-MEP tal-Grupp ESN Mary Khan ikkummentat:<\/p>\n
\u201cDan il-ka\u017c kien, mill-bidu nett, ferm aktar minn tilwima legali dwar meme wie\u0127ed biss. Kien ka\u017c sinjal politiku li b'mod bla \u0127niena wera kemm il-libert\u00e0 ta\u201d espressjoni u l-libert\u00e0 tal-istampa saru fra\u0121li meta l-kritika lejn il-gvern ti\u0121i dejjem aktar imwie\u0121ba bil-li\u0121i kriminali. Kontribuzzjoni satirika\u2014li ilha fil-qalba tad-dibattitu demokratiku\u2014\u0121iet kriminalizzata. G\u0127alhekk, is-Sekzzjoni 188 tal-Kodi\u010bi Kriminali qed tinbidel dejjem aktar f'g\u0127odda ta' intimidazzjoni kontra vuci inkonvenjenti u \u0121urnalizmu kritiku. Li din id-de\u010bi\u017cjoni skandalu\u017ca issa \u0121iet revokata huwa pass li kien ilu mistennija.\"<\/p>\n
Il-MP tal-UE Petra Steger, orjentata lejn il-libert\u00e0, a\u010b\u010bettat b'mod esplicitu l-assoluzzjoni:<\/p>\n
\u201cIl-\u0127elsien tal-lum huwa reb\u0127a tar-ra\u0121uni fuq l-iper-sensittivit\u00e0 politika. Meta \u0121urnalisti jitressqu quddiem il-qrati min\u0127abba kritika satirikament iebsa fuq membri tal-gvern, allura d-demokrazija mhix qed ti\u0121i protetta\u2014qed ti\u0121i mhedda. So\u010bjet\u00e0 \u0127ielsa trid tkun kapa\u010bi tissapporta kritika, esagerazzjoni, u anke provokazzjoni, spe\u010bjalment meta tkun immirata lejn dawk fil-poter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steger wissa wkoll dwar tendenza perikolu\u017ca fil-mod kif qed ji\u0121u trattati l-mezzi ta' komunikazzjoni kriti\u010bi lejn il-gvern:<\/p>\n
\u201cDak li hu partikolarment allarmanti hu li dawn il-pro\u010beduri jaffettwaw kwa\u017ci esklussivament \u0121urnalisti kriti\u010bi li ma jsegwux il-linja. Il-li\u0121i kriminali qatt m'g\u0127andha tintu\u017ca \u0127a\u017cin biex tipprote\u0121i l-awtorit\u00e0 politika mid-da\u0127k, mill-kritika, jew mill-iskrutinju pubbliku. Dawk li jag\u0127mlu s-satira kriminali jift\u0127u t-triq g\u0127all-\u010bensura.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fl-a\u0127\u0127ar, Mary Khan enfasizzat:<\/p>\n
\u201cIl-\u0121udizzju tal-lum mhux biss su\u010b\u010bess personali g\u0127al David Bendels, i\u017cda wkoll sinjal importanti g\u0127al kull \u0121urnalist u \u010bittadin fl-Ewropa. Il-libert\u00e0 ta\u201d espressjoni mhix privile\u0121\u0121 mog\u0127ti mill-istat, i\u017cda dritt fundamentali inalienabbli. Jekk il-libert\u00e0 tal-kelma tmut, imbag\u0127ad il-libert\u00e0, id-demokrazija, u r-renju tal-li\u0121i jmutu mag\u0127ha.\"<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 […]<\/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":"\n