AUF1 reported that the doctor and publicist Paul Brandenburg was arrested on Wednesday at Berlin Airport by the Federal Police, according to his lawyer Markus Haintz. Brandenburg had just returned his ten-year-old child to Berlin and was taken to the Moabit prison after appearing before a detention judge. According to AUF1, he is accused of insulting or defaming the current Governing Mayor Kai Wegner in six instances. The statements allegedly related to Wegner's political responsibility and the convicted drag queen Jurassica Parka over child pornography. Wegner reportedly filed criminal complaints himself. The arrest warrant was apparently justified by a flight risk. The defense argued, according to AUF1, that the police and the public prosecutor's office knew that Brandenburg traveled to Berlin several times a month because of his child. His lawyers fought for his immediate release. AUF1 chief Stefan Magnet condemned the actions and accused the government of not arresting Islamists, individuals related to pedophilia, and war supporters while detaining critics of their form of government. According to Haintz, Brandenburg was pleased with mail; AUF1 provided the address of Moabit prison at Alt-Moabit 12a, 10559 Berlin. #FreiheitFürBrandenburg #Regierungskritik #Meinungsfreiheit (translated)
