German Communist newspaper Junge Welt vows to fight on after setback for press freedom
GERMAN socialist daily newspaper Junge Welt has vowed to fight on after losing a court case objecting to being labelled extremist on Thursday.
In an oral hearing, the Berlin Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit against the mention of the paper in reports of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC).
This decision upholds the right of the federal government to mention and monitor JW in its annual reports on the protection of the German constitution, which has an impact on the paper’s availability in public institutions like universities and libraries, and its right to advertise.
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