Archive for the ‘Germany’ Category
2009
“Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.
The Minister for Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen kicked off and led the discussions within the German Federal Government to block Internet sites in order to fight child pornography. The general idea is to build a censorship architecture enabling the government to block content containing child pornography. The Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) is to administer the lists of sites to be blocked and the internet providers obliged to erect the secret censorship architecture for the government. “
via wikileaks.org
“BERLIN – A court has ordered psychiatric care for a man who staged a short-lived protest before Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin during his campaign for the U.S. presidency. The 41-year-old German man drove through barricades around Berlin’s Victory Column the day before Obama was to speak in July 2008 and poured red paint from his car.
The Berlin state court says the man was protesting “injustice and poverty in the world” and is not guilty of any offenses for the reason of mental illness. The court says its ruling Tuesday that the man suffers from manic depression. He was remanded to a psychiatric institute for care.”
via yahoo.com