On January 14, 2026, David Bendels, editor-in-chief of the German newspaper Deutschland-Kurier, was acquitted by the Bamberg Regional Court after a politically explosive prosecution that triggered international outrage.
Bendels had been targeted at the personal initiative of former German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser for publishing a satirical meme criticizing her hostility toward free speech. The earlier conviction—seven months in prison, suspended—was completely overturned. The German state will now pay all legal costs.
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