Again TV be detained Reporter in the exercise of their work. This time, a ZDF-Team in Berlin sees itself as hostility. Is also involved a judicial officer.
At the edge of a court process against a right-wing extremists, device a TV-Team of the ZDF in trouble. Recordings of the Events show, as a judicial officer trying the reporting to prevent. In the courthouse there had been disagreements between journalists and spectators .
Update 15: 30 PM:
According to the
attack on a TV team
before the Berlin district court has admonished the judiciary Senator Dirk Behrendt (Green) the protection of press freedom. This must be “protected and respected”, he said on Friday. Of course, in and around the courts “to ensure a free press reporting”. Court President Holger Matthiessen announced a
internal investigations
of the Case and assured that a press coverage of court proceedings, “expressly allowed”.
Matthiessen said, he regretted extremely, that “the impression could arise, justice journalists would want to prevent staff members in front of the court building to the financial reporting”. The constable had assured him that he had only want to image capture to prevent it. The man overreacted “but,” said the President of the court. He announced that the incident will be internally evaluated and ensure, “that will not be repeated Comparison”.
Berlin: ZDF Reporter in the court process with Sven Liebich addressed
of origin, article 5. June 2020: In the capital was on the verge of a court process, a new TV-Team insults exposed to. This time, however, it was also reported to a judicial officer, prevented a Reporter and camera man of the ZDF in the course of their work. In the social networks and published shots from Berlin show how the Rapporteur will be in front of the courthouse afflicted:
neo-Nazis and conspiracy ideologues have attacked before the district court of Berlin Mitte, a camera team at the @ZDF. In addition, a judicial officer down pressed, the camera of the team and the disabled the work. @DJVde @djuverdi @ReporterOG#freedom of the press pic.twitter.com/jMK8iAxQIY
— Henrik flag (@J_MkHk) June 4, 2020
Like the public broadcaster announced later, are threatened the Reporter on the edge of the rotating work and been abused. The camera man was allegedly pushed, was hurt, but ultimately no one. The offender is to come, according to the taz from the right-wing scene. The newspaper reported that in the court building, apparently, a process of the well-known right-wing extremists, Sven Liebich have taken place from the hall.
The descriptions of the journalists Arndt Ginzel says he and the camera man of a group have been denigrated with about 15 people. “It was highly aggressive and violent”, he is compared to the taz know. In the case of the civil proceedings went according to the court, the objection against a preliminary injunction. A Twitter posted Video provides a view on the sequence of events:
A convicted neo-Nazi from #hall turns to a judicial officer before the regional court in #Berlin. The officer has to do, then, with nothing Better to than to hamper our shooting. Later attacks of #extreme-Right in front of the court were prevented by officials. pic.twitter.com/IETLBuTotp
— Arndt Ginzel (@GKDJournalisten) June 4, 2020
Berlin: ZDF-Reporter and the court in the scramble involved
On Thursday night, let the police know that so far no information to the between the case before the Berlin district court . A court spokesman confirmed, however, that it has come to the front of the building “unrest” is, what, as a precaution, the police were called. It was not: the process itself was supposed to disagreement between spectators and journalists present.
Recently repeatedly been held in Germany, attacks on journalists, which were detained at their work. So a camera team from the ZDF and the ARD male approached were in Berlin already. After the events today show “-host Oliver Welke had addressed”words of warning to the viewers – for a change, without a sense of Humor.
In Dortmund, Germany, was recently attacked by a WDR Team, during a Demonstration against Corona-limitations*.
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