Germany drops Turkey President Erdogan insult case

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

German prosecutors have dropped an investigation into a TV comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The prosecutors in the western city of Mainz said they had not found sufficient evidence to continue the inquiry against Jan Boehmermann.
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Under German law, the cabinet had to approve a criminal inquiry.

However, Mrs Merkel added that the authorities would move to repeal the controversial and little-used Article 103 of the penal code, which concerns insults against foreign heads of state, by 2018.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37554167

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Good - and I hope they get the law changed so there isn't another farce like that if, god forbid, another thin-skinned tyrant gets into power in a country allied to Germany ...

[MADem]

1. I thought the suit was ABSURD to begin with. How some laws get on the books...and stay there...

is beyond me!

We have some beauts ourselves, but that one is just asinine. I can't imagine being German and not being allowed to vociferously insult the head of the Phillipines, for example. If anyone deserves it, he does. And really--what about Kim Jong Un? No mocking that asshole? It's craziness.