Journalists may now ask courts to obtain reasons for a judgment in a written, anonymized form - even if a decision is not yet in force. The German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) made this decision in a case concerning a public figure convicted of bribing a member of Parliament. A newspaper publisher wanted to inform the public about it and requested a copy of the verdict, but the criminal court refused. The Constitutional Court saw this as a violation of the freedom of the press, which is guaranteed in Article 5 of the German Constitution.
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German Court Strengthens Media's Right to Information
Journalists may now ask courts to obtain reasons for a judgment in a written, anonymized form - even if a decision is not yet in force. The German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) made this...
by Adriana Kessler
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