German government accuses news website of treason over leaks | World news | The Guardian

German government accuses news website of treason over leaks | World news | The Guardian:





Clearly a war in Western democracies, run by oligarchs and would-be
oligarchs, against journalism and finding ways to criminalize journalism
in tactics that are reproduced in Western country after Western
country...http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/31/german-government-accuses-news-website-of-treason-over-leaks





 

German government accuses news website of treason over leaks

For the first time in more than 50 years journalists are facing
treason charges, which is being denounced as an attack on the freedom of
the press



 

Andre Meister, a journalist with Netzpolitik.org, has been charged with treason.
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