Escalating Judicial Crackdown on Public Discourse in Germany?
Certain subjects of public discussion have been made nearly impossible to pursue due to overregulation of speech, based on rules developped for television over the years. Will this further escalate in 2008 or can we initiate changes?
2008-03-12 Free Speech Swedish Style – Man sentenced for carrying offensive placard: During a March 2007 rally organized in the south west coast town of Ängelholm by SSU, the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party, the man was seen holding a sign reading, “While Swedish girls are being group raped by immigrant gangs the SSU is fighting racism.”