The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sharply criticised the government’s ban on the far-right magazine Compact.
The decision, announced Tuesday by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, is “a serious blow to press freedom,” the leaders of the far-right party said. Alice Weidel And Tino Chrupalla in a joint statement.
The two called banning a press outlet “a denial of discourse and diversity of opinion” and accused Faeser of abusing her powers “to suppress critical reporting.”
Faeser had issued a ban on the magazine of editor-in-chief Jürgen Elsässer and had searched the media organization’s premises in four states.
The ban was justified on the grounds that the monthly magazine disseminates “anti-Semitic, racist, anti-minority, historical revisionist and conspiracy theory content.”
Police officers stand in front of a detached house on the street. According to the German Interior Ministry, police have been searching the premises of the magazine “Compact”, which has been classified as far-right by the Federal Office for Fundamental Protection, and Conspect Film GmbH, as well as the homes of leading players, management and shareholders in Brandenburg, Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt since the early hours of the morning. Thomas Schulz/dpa
Police officers stand in front of a detached house on the street. According to the German Interior Ministry, police have been searching the premises of the magazine “Compact”, which has been classified as far-right by the Federal Office for Fundamental Protection, and Conspect Film GmbH, as well as the homes of leading players, management and shareholders in Brandenburg, Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt since the early hours of the morning. Thomas Schulz/dpa
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