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Germany: Fined for "insulting the state"

01 March 1995

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A court in Frankfurt sentenced a 41-year old unemployed man to a fine of 2400 DM for "insulting the state", the newspaper "Junge Welt" reported (9.3.95). The man was found guilty of using the words "state fascism" and "state racism" in connection with the German state at a protest meeting in July 1994. The rally was protesting the death of a 16-year old Kurdish youth from Hannover, shot by a policeman while putting up posters.

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