Interior Ministry shuts down, raids left-wing #German #Indymedia site
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Interior Ministry shuts down, raids left-wing #German #Indymedia site
#Germany has banned and raided an independent #news website popular with #left-wing readers. Officials found linksunten.indymedia.org’s “intent and activity contrary to criminal law.”
The site was closed for “sowing hate against different opinions and representatives of the country,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maziere told a press conference on Friday. He said authorities were treating linksunten.indymedia.org as an “association” rather than a news outlet, which would help officials get around constitutional protections on freedom of expression. De Maziere said at least two people constituted an association - the site has up to seven administrators - and the ban would not affect the international award-winning (...)