Resumen de Germany: Investigations against satirist approved
On 15 April 2016, the German Chancellor announced that the Federal Government would grant a request to allow investigations to be conducted against a German satirist for insulting a foreign head of state. The satirist had made controversial comments in a television programme about the President of Turkey in the form of a poem entitled Schmähkritik (abusive criticism). On 8 April 2016, the Turkish government had sent the German government a request for criminal proceedings to be brought.
