A partial success: COMPACT Magazine ban suspended!

The German Federal Administrative Court partially suspended the immediate enforcement of the COMPACT ban today, which means that the magazine (the YouTube channel, COMPACT-TV, is not mentioned in the court’s press release) can be published again temporarily.

We would like to congratulate Jürgen Elsässer and his colleagues on this partial victory in the fight for freedom of the press and freedom of information!

However, we must not overlook the fact that according to its press release (the decision itself has not yet been announced), the German Federal Administrative Court has no qualms about the truly scandalous legal trick of simply redefining a press company or a publishing house as an “association” and then banning it in accordance with association law, which means that there will allegedly have been no breach of the constitution, i.e. the blatant violation of Art 5 German Basic Law ("Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.").

If this unconstitutional tort is not rejected in no uncertain terms, the doors to the censorship and destruction of any “undesirable” publication will be thrown wide open.

For this reason our demand remains:

 The complete restoration of freedom of the press and freedom of information!

The reversal of the Compact ban in regards to both the magazine and the YouTube channel COMPACT-TV!

The immediate return of the confiscated production equipment and other assets (accounts, cash and private property)!

The complete rehabilitation of and compensation for the COMPACT team!