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The Indian police have arrested the founder of the Cockroach Movement, Abhijeet Dipke, along with two other leaders ahead of a major rally in New Delhi, as protests are directed against alleged electoral manipulations by the Election Commission. #KakerlakenBewegung #ProtesteIndien #Wahlmanipulation (translated)

Judge Maria Nazari-Montazer warns of a dramatic staffing shortage among Austrian judges and prosecutors, which will lead to protest actions starting Monday, as the overloaded courts are facing increasingly longer processing times and urgently need more positions. #Personalmangel #Rechtsstaat #Richterproteste (translated)

Kolja Barghoorn wrote that he had reviewed the 102-page bill from the federal government on the "Law Against Digital Violence." In his assessment, the draft could enable courts to order the disclosure of names, addresses, phone numbers, and IP data for certain punishable statements without prior criminal conviction. According to Barghoorn, in the case of a serious violation of personal rights and an existing risk of repetition, an entire account could be temporarily suspended. Platforms should also prevent suspended users from opening new accounts; phone numbers and email addresses could be used for recognition. The draft also includes larger closed messenger groups without specifying a specific minimum number of members. According to Barghoorn, user data could already be secured legally before a final decision on their disclosure is made and transmitted to law enforcement agencies. Additionally, the refusal to provide a demanded penalty-bearing cease-and-desist declaration could also serve as an indicator for a possible account suspension. He acknowledged that the draft includes judicial reservations and further prerequisites. At the same time, he asked what could happen if the instruments were specifically used against uncomfortable critics to lift their anonymity and limit their reach. A democracy must also be able to withstand sharp, uncomfortable, and anonymous criticism, he wrote. #Digitalrechte #Meinungsfreiheit #Datenschutz (translated)

Wolfgang Kubicki wrote that the day provides an opportunity to think about how societal division can be prevented. He regarded polarization and accusations of fascism against the CDU as dangerous. In his assessment, a constitutional crisis in Saxony-Anhalt, should the factions block each other on candidates, would not have been a good alternative. Everyone is called upon to deal with the election results maturely. This also applies to the AfD and the new parliamentary president, who has announced an impartial conduct of office, Kubicki wrote. This already arises from constitutional law and practice; the president will be judged accordingly, if necessary, in court. Kubicki accused the SPD of slipping into reflexes from the 2025 federal election campaign. In the end, this only benefits the political fringes, as it did before. #Gesellschaft #Politik #Wahlen (translated)

The author wrote that in the 1980s and 1990s, there was an intense struggle not to classify criticism of Israel's politics as anti-Semitic in general. At that time, according to his depiction, the accusation of anti-Semitism had been used broadly and sometimes indiscriminately. The author's opinion is that Hesse's CDU Prime Minister Boris Rhein wants to reverse this development. #Antisemitismus #Politik #Hessen #IL #DE (translated)

Felix Perrefort referred to Prince Reuß as a "political prisoner" and emphasized the issue of proportionality in pretrial detention. Whether the defendants have committed a criminal offense should be separated from this and must be decided by the courts based on the evidence; it is hardly possible to make a final judgment from the outside, he wrote. In his view, however, the duration of detention can be assessed. Pretrial detention must not be a penalty in advance, and milder measures such as electronic ankle bracelets, surrendering identification documents and passports, or reporting requirements are available. Such conditions are already being applied in the Stuttgart proceedings. The hearings could nevertheless continue two days a week until a verdict in 2027 or 2028, Perrefort said. The older defendants, particularly the 74-year-old Reuß, could then determine their own diet and medical care, according to him. Reuß's daughter Elena, who has Down syndrome, has reportedly hardly spoken since her father's arrest according to medical confirmation; she could see him regularly again under milder detention conditions, Perrefort wrote. The fact that such measures are not being implemented could raise suspicions among citizens that a political example is being made, he explained. Those who instead invoke the danger invoked by Nancy Faeser in 2022 to justify the continued pretrial detention reveal a lot about themselves from his perspective. #Verhältnismäßigkeit #Rechtsstaat #PolitischeHäftlinge (translated)

In a conversation with Michael Thumann, Paul Ronzheimer analyzes the current situation in Russia after the parliamentary election, where prices are rising, discontent is growing, and the economy is increasingly oriented towards war, without the frustration being fundamentally directed against Putin. #Putin #Russland #Aufrüstung (translated)

Two months ago, the left-wing lawyers' association RAV called for a ban on the AfD in an open letter. It referred to the poor AI-generated report from the equally left-leaning "Society for Freedom Rights." Some signatories work in Hessian courts or public prosecutor's offices. In my opinion, signing the call for a party ban procedure violates the "political moderation obligation" and the "duty of neutrality" of judges and prosecutors. The CDU-led Ministry of Justice in Hesse has therefore directed courts and the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt to examine, in the respective named cases, whether there is a specific reason to consider "necessary action in terms of civil service law." The ministry wants to protect against possible bias in court proceedings related to the AfD. The outcry from the left-wing judges' association NRV is considerable. 😨 We have submitted a small inquiry on this matter (@GrobeDrFrank). We want to know not only how many signatories of the call currently work in the Hessian judiciary and at which courts or public prosecutor's offices they are active. The state government should also clarify how it assesses "regarding moderation obligation, judicial independence, and possible bias" when Hessian judges or prosecutors become active in this way. I am curious about the answers and the further course! #Politik #Justiz #AfD (translated)

Yes, please. The inciter of the people, Hape Kerkeling, may report me... Those who have no idea about freedom of expression law should keep their mouths shut before they embarrass themselves, like @DrHOSP1. You don’t have to be convicted of incitement to hatred to have to be labeled an inciter of the people in a permissible context like here. I never claimed that Hape Kerkeling was convicted of incitement to hatred. However, given that there are really enough "connecting facts" to arrive at the opinion that is also not "concocted out of thin air," that Kerkeling is engaging in incitement to hatred and "Holocaust relativization" here. And the balancing with his general personal rights clearly weighs in my favor. After all, he essentially accuses an opposition party of wanting to establish extermination camps like in the Third Reich, which can certainly be classified under § 130 Abs. 3 Variant 3 of the Penal Code. If Kerkeling files a criminal complaint, then "he" might win before an uninformed magistrate. But such a procedure will certainly not end there. And sooner or later, experienced courts in cases of freedom of expression will come in, who know about freedom of opinion and would rule in my favor. Why has none of these whole inciters of the people dared to report me? Because they know how it ends, in my favor. #Meinungsfreiheit #Volksverhetzung #Äußerungsrecht (translated)