Interesting free speech case in Germany. (people, pros)

[J.Thomas]

This is interesting.

Apparently people are disappointed with Merkel's attitude.

The German government will allow state prosecutors to prepare a case against satirist Jan Böhmermann under a little-used law against insulting foreign heads of state, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.

"Issuing permission for a prosecution to go ahead... does not mean pre-judging the defendant nor a premature decision about the boundaries of freedom of art, the press, or opinion," Merkel said.

She added that the government planned to abolish paragraph 103 of the criminal code, the law against insulting foreign heads of state, with effect from 2018, saying that it was "disposable for the future".

Merkel allows Erdogan's case against TV host to go ahead - The Local

So it seems Merkel caved in

[Ottawa2011]

This is an interesting, and very convoluted, case.