Wolfgang Kubicki wrote that he had hoped for a stronger public outcry for a long time, but he was mistaken. He described the actions of the Hamburg judiciary against the editorial staff of "Die Zeit" as an unacceptable interference in press freedom. He warned that if the state could access confidential research, independent investigation and free reporting would be at risk. Kubicki contrasted the case with what he termed the expulsion fantasies of leftist activists and the Left Party against the editorial staff of "Apollo News" in Berlin. He urged the public to raise their voices as soon as the press is threatened or restricted; otherwise, the country could one day be unrecognizable. The Hamburg judiciary must provide explanations and return the laptop of the "Zeit" journalist untouched, he wrote. #Pressefreiheit #Meinungsfreiheit #Journalismus (translated)
